Analysis of The Equipage
Anne Kingsmill Finch 1661 – 1720 (Westminster)
Since the Road of Life's so ill;
I, to pass it, use this Skill,
My frail Carriage driving home
To its latest Stage, the Tomb.
Justice first, in Harness strong,
Marches stedfastly along:
Charity, to smooth the Pace,
Fills the next adjoining Trace:
Independance leads the Way,
Whom no heavy Curb do's sway;
Truth an equal Part sustains,
All indulg'd the loosen'd Reins:
In the Box fits vig'rous Health,
Shunning miry Paths of Wealth:
Gaiety with easy Smiles,
Ev'ry harsher Step beguiles;
Whilst of Nature, or of Fate
Only This I wou'd intreat:
The Equipage might not decay,
Till the worn Carriage drops away.
Scheme | AABCDDEEFFGGHHIEJJFF |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) |
Metre | 1011111 1111111 1110101 1110101 1010101 10101 1001101 1010101 1101 1110111 1110101 1010101 001111 101111 11101 11011 1110111 101111 011101 10110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 614 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 472 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 104 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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