Analysis of Hope
Anne Kingsmill Finch 1661 – 1720 (Westminster)
The Tree of Knowledge we in Eden prov'd;
The Tree of Life was thence to Heav'n remov'd:
Hope is the growth of Earth, the only Plant,
Which either Heav'n, or Paradise cou'd want.
Hell knows it not, to Us alone confin'd,
And Cordial only to the Human Mind.
Receive it then, t'expel these mortal Cares,
Nor wave a Med'cine, which thy God prepares.
Scheme | AAXX BBCC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 0111010101 0111111101 1101110101 110111011 1111110101 0101010101 01111011101 110111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 352 |
Words | 65 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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