Analysis of PrÆsto

Thomas Edward Brown 1830 – 1897



Expecting Him, my door was open wide:
Then I looked round
If any lack of service might be found,
And saw Him at my side:
How entered, by what secret stair,
I know not, knowing only He was there.


Scheme ABBACC
Poetic Form Heroic Sestet
Metre 0101111101 1111 1101110111 011111 11011101 1111010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 197
Words 41
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 148
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Thomas Edward Brown

Thomas Edward Brown Manx poet scholar and theologian was born at Douglas Isle of Man and educated at King Williams College more…

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