Analysis of To A Husband
Anne Kingsmill Finch 1661 – 1720 (Westminster)
This is to the crown and blessing of my life,
The much loved husband of a happy wife;
To him whose constant passion found the art
To win a stubborn and ungrateful heart,
And to the world by tenderest proof discovers
They err, who say that husbands can't be lovers.
With such return of passion, as is due,
Daphnis I love, Daphinis my thoughts pursue;
Daphnis, my hopes and joys are bounded all in you.
Even I, for Daphnis' and my promise' sake,
What I in woman censure, undertake.
But this from love, not vanity proceeds;
You know who writes, and I who 'tis that reads.
Judge not my passion by my want of skill:
Many love well, though they express it ill;
And I your censure could with pleasure bear,
Would you but soon return, and speak it here.
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Metre | 11101010111 0111010101 1111010101 1101000101 0101111010 11111101110 1101110111 101111101 101101110101 10111001101 110101010 1111110001 1111011111 1111011111 1011110111 0111011101 1111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 737 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 577 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 140 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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