Analysis of Glass
Anne Kingsmill Finch 1661 – 1720 (Westminster)
O Man! what Inspiration was thy Guide,
Who taught thee Light and Air thus to divide;
To let in all the useful Beams of Day,
Yet force, as subtil Winds, without thy Shash to stay;
T'extract from Embers by a strange Device,
Then polish fair these Flakes of solid Ice;
Which, silver'd o'er, redouble all in place,
And give thee back thy well or ill-complexion'd Face.
To Vessels blown exceed the gloomy Bowl,
Which did the Wine's full excellence controul,
These shew the Body, whilst you taste the Soul.
Its colour sparkles Motion, lets thee see,
Tho' yet th' Excess the Preacher warns to flee,
Lest Men at length as clearly spy through Thee.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010111 1111011101 1101010111 11111011111 1111010101 1101111101 1110010101 0111111111 1101010101 110111001 1101011101 111010111 11111010111 1111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 647 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 497 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 114 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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