Analysis of To A Young Lady. On Her Recovery From A Fever
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 (Ottery St Mary) – 1834 (Highgate)
Why need I say, Louisa dear!
How glad I am to see you here,
A lovely convalescent;
Risen from the bed of pain and fear,
And feverish heat incessant.
The sunny showers, the dappled sky,
The little birds that warble high,
Their vernal loves commencing,
Will better welcome you than I
With their sweet influencing.
Believe me, while in bed you lay,
Your danger taught us all to pray:
You made us grow devouter!
Each eye looked up and seemed to say
How can we do without her?
Besides, what vexed us worse, we knew,
They have no need of such as you
In the place where you were going:
This World has angels all too few,
And Heaven is overflowing!
Scheme | AXBAB CCDCD EEAEX FFDFD |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 11110101 11111111 010010 101011101 01001010 01010011 01011101 1101010 11010111 111100 01110111 11011111 11111 11110111 1111010 01111111 11111111 00111010 11110111 0101100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 632 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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