Analysis of To A New England Poet
Philip Freneau 1752 (New York City) – 1832 (Matawan)
Though skilled in Latin and in Greek,
And earning fifty cents a week,
Such knowledge, and the income, too,
Should teach you better what to do:
The meanest drudges, kept in pay,
Can pocket fifty cents a day.
Why stay in such a tasteless land,
Where all must on a level stand,
(Excepting people, at their ease,
Who choose the level where they please:)
See Irving gone to Britain's court
To people of another sort,
He will return, with wealth and fame,
While Yankees hardly know your name.
Lo! he has kissed a Monarch's--hand!
Before a prince I see him stand,
And with the glittering nobles mix,
Forgetting times of seventy-six,
While you with terror meet the frown
Of Bank Directors of the town,
The home-made nobles of our times,
Who hate the bard, and spurn his rhymes.
Why pause?--like Irving, haste away,
To England your addresses pay;
And England will reward you well,
Of British feats, and British arms,
The maids of honor, and their charms.
Dear bard, I pray you, take the hint,
In England what you write and print,
Republished here in shop, or stall,
Will perfectly enchant us all:
It will assume a different face,
And post your name at every place,
From splendid domes of first degree
Where ladies meet, to sip their tea;
From marble halls, where lawyers plead,
Or Congress-men talk loud, indeed,
To huts, where evening clubs appear,
And 'squires resort--to guzzle Beer.
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Metre | 11010001 01010101 1100011 11110111 0101101 11010101 11010101 11110101 1010111 11010111 11011101 11010101 11011101 11010111 1111011 01011111 010100101 010111001 11110101 11010101 011101101 11010111 11110101 11011101 01010111 11010101 01110011 11111101 01011101 110111 11000111 110101001 011111001 11011101 11011111 11011101 11011101 11110101 010011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,419 |
Words | 245 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 8, 8, 5, 12 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 214 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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