Analysis of A Petition
Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1836 (Portsmouth) – 1907 (Boston)
To spring belongs the violet, and the blown
Spice of the roses let the summer own.
Grant me this favor, Muse--all else withhold--
That I may not write verse when I am old.
And yet I pray you, Muse, delay the time!
Be not too ready to deny me rhyme;
And when the hour strikes, as it must, dear Muse,
I beg you very gently break the news.
Scheme | AABB CCDD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11010100001 1101010101 1111011101 1111111111 0111110101 1111010111 01010111111 1111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 343 |
Words | 70 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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