Analysis of An EPISTLE From A Gentleman To Madam Deshouliers
Anne Kingsmill Finch 1661 – 1720 (Westminster)
URANIA, whom the Town admires,
Whose Wit and Beauty share our Praise;
This fair URANIA who inspires
A thousand Joys a thousand ways,
She, who cou'd with a Glance convey
Favours, that had my Hopes outdone,
Has lent me Money on that Day,
Which our Acquaintance first begun.
Nor with the Happiness I taste,
Let any jealous Doubts contend:
Her Friendship is secure to last,
Beginning where all others end.
And thou, known Cheat! upheld by Law,
Thou Disappointer of the craving Mind,
BASSETTE, who thy Original dost draw
From Venice (by uncertain Seas confin'd);
Author of Murmurs, and of Care,
Of pleasing Hopes, concluding in Despair:
To thee my strange Felicity I owe,
From thy Oppression did this Succour flow.
Less had I gained, had'st thou propitious been,
Who better by my Loss hast taught me how to Win.
Yet tell me, my transported Brain!
(whose Pride this Benefit awakes)
Know'st thou, what on this Chance depends?
And are we not exalted thus in vain,
Whilst we observe the Money which she lends,
But not, alas! the Heart she takes,
The fond Engagements, and the Ties
Her fatal Bounty does impose,
Who makes Reprisals, with her Eyes,
For what her gen'rous Hand bestows?
And tho' I quickly can return
Those useful Pieces, which she gave;
Can I again, or wou'd I have
That which her Charms have from me borne?
Yet let us quit th' obliging Score;
And whilst we borrow'd Gold restore,
Whilst readily we own the Debt,
And Gratitude before her set
In its approved and fairest Light;
Let her effectually be taught
By that instructive, harmless Slight,
That also in her turn she ought
(Repaying ev'ry tender Thought)
Kindness with Kindness to requite.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101 110101101 111101 01010101 11110101 1111111 11110111 110010101 11010011 11010101 01010111 01011101 01110111 1110101 0111010011 1101010101 10110011 1101010001 1111010011 110101111 11111110101 110111111111 11110101 1111001 111111101 0111010101 1101010111 11010111 01010001 01010101 11010101 1101101 01110101 11010111 11011111 11011111 1111110101 0111101 11001101 0100101 01010101 10111 11010101 11000111 0101101 1011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,676 |
Words | 289 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 20, 4, 10 |
Lines Amount | 46 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 258 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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