Analysis of To An Amiable Friend Mourning The Death Of An Excellent Father
Mercy Warren 1728 (Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay) – 1814 (Massachusetts)
LET deep dejection hide her pallid face,
And from thy breast each painful image rase;
Forbid thy lip to utter one complaint,
But view the glories of the rising saint,
Ripe for a crown, and waiting the reward
Of watching long the vineyard of the Lord.
The generous purpose of his zealous heart,
Truth to enforce, and knowledge to impart,
Insures his welcome on the unknown shore,
Where choirs of saints and angel forms adore.
A seraph met him on the trackless way,
And strung his harp to join the heavenly lay.
Complain no more of Death's extensive power,
Whose sceptre wafts us to some blissful shore;
Where the rough billows that roll o'er the head,
That shake the frame, and fill the mind with dread,
Are hush'd in silence, and the soul serene
Looks back delighted on the closing scene.
Happy, thrice happy, that exalted mind,
Who, leaving earth and all its cares behind,
Has not a wish to ruffle or control
The equal temper of his tranquil soul,
Who, on a retrospect, is safe within;
No private passion, nor a darling sin,
Can check his hope, when death's insatiate pow'r
Stands hovering on the last decisive hour.
Then weep no more, my friend, but all resigned,
Submit thy will to the Eternal Mind,
Who watches o'er the movements of the just,
And will again reanimate the dust!
Thy sire commands, suppress the rising sigh,
He wipes the tear from thy too filial eye,
And bids thee contemplate a soul set free,
Just safe escaped from life's tempestuous sea.
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Metre | 11110101 0111110101 0111110101 1101010101 1101010001 1101010101 01001011101 1101010101 0111010011 1111010101 01111011 01111101001 01111101010 1101111101 10110111001 1101010111 1101000101 1101010101 1011010101 1101011101 1101110101 0101011101 110101101 1101010101 111111111 110010101010 1111111101 0111100101 11010010101 0101101 11001010101 11011111001 011100111 1101111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,434 |
Words | 262 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 230 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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