Analysis of To The Authoress Of

Sydney Thompson Dobell 1824 (Kent) – 1874



Were Shakspeare born a twin, his lunar twin
(Not of the golden but the silver bow)
Should be like thee: so, with such eyes and brow,
Sweeten his looks, so, with her dear sex in
His voice, (a king's words writ out by the queen,)
Unman his bearded English, and, with flow
Of breastfull robes about her female snow,
Present the lordly brother. Oh Last-of-kin,
There be ambitious women here on earth
Who will not thank thee to have sung so well!
Apollo and Diana are one birth,
Pollux and Helen break a single shell.
Who now may hope? While Adam was alone
Eve was to come. She came; God's work was done.


Scheme ABBACDDAEFEFGH
Poetic Form
Metre 011011101 1101010101 1111111101 1011110110 1101111101 111010011 11101011 1001101111 1101010111 1111111111 0100010111 1001010101 1111110101 1111111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 594
Words 116
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 459
Words per stanza (avg) 113
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sydney Thompson Dobell

Sydney Thompson Dobell, English poet and critic, was born at Cranbrook, Kent. more…

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