Analysis of Metr: Boetius 1s 1 Quisquis Comp
Thomas Parnell 1679 (Dublin) – 1718
The Man whose mind & actions still Sedate
Can bravely triumph ore ye thoughts of fate
He who unaltered fortunes Changes brookes
Without elated or dejected lookes
With a fixd carriage & undaunted soul
Shall see ye oceans boiling surges roll
Vesuvius flames in smoaky pillars rise
& bolts of thunder dart from opening skys
Why dread we wretched mankind tell me why
When the vain threats of tyrants idely fly
Weigh all things right as in themselves they are
Unlearn your minds to move by hope & fear
With in yr breast lett resolution reign
& all their baffled forces act in vain
But he who servily can wish or grieve
For that which is not in his powr to give
Casts off the firmness wch shoud make him great
the strongest shield we can oppose to fate
letts inclinations grow & thus he weaves
Those very bonds which keep us passions slaves.
Scheme | AABBCCDBEEFGHHIJAAKL |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 011110101 1101011111 1101010101 0101010101 101100101 1111010101 0100101101 1110111001 1111011111 101111011 1111100111 11111111 101110101 111010101 11111111 1111101111 1101011111 0101110111 10101111 1101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 824 |
Words | 156 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 675 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 154 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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