Analysis of An Answer To The Rebus, By The Author Of These Poems
Phillis Wheatley 1753 (West Africa) – 1784 (Boston)
The poet asks, and Phillis can't refuse
To show th' obedience of the Infant muse.
She knows the Quail of most inviting taste
Fed Israel's army in the dreary waste;
And what's on Britain's royal standard borne,
But the tall, graceful, rampant Unicorn?
The Emerald with a vivid verdure glows
Among the gems which regal crowns compose;
Boston's a town, polite and debonair,
To which the beaux and beauteous nymphs repair,
Each Helen strikes the mind with sweet surprise,
While living lightning flashes from her eyes,
See young Euphorbus of the Dardan line
By Manelaus' hand to death resign:
The well known peer of popular applause
Is C----m zealous to support our laws.
Quebec now vanquish'd must obey,
She too much annual tribute pay
To Britain of immortal fame.
And add new glory to her name.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJ |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 0101010101 1111010010101 1101110101 1101000101 0111010101 101101010 010101011 0101110101 100101001 110101101 1101011101 1101010101 1111011 1111101 0111110001 11110101101 01110101 111100101 11010101 01110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 780 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 626 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 136 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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