Analysis of Inscription For A Stone Erected At The Sowing Of A Grove Of Oaks At Chillington, Anno 1790
Other stones the era tell,
When some feeble mortal fell;
I stand here to date the birth
Of these hardy sons of earth.
Which shall longest brave the sky,
Storm and frost -- these oaks or I?
Pass an age or two away,
I must moulder and decay;
But the years that crumble me
Shall invigorate the tree,
Spread its branch, dilate its size,
Lift its summit to the skies.
Cherish honour, virtue, truth,
So shalt thou prolong thy youth.
Wanting these, however fast
Man be fixed, and formed to last,
He is lifeless even now,
Stone at heart, and cannot grow.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010101 1110101 1111101 1110111 1110101 1011111 1111101 1110001 1011101 1010001 1110111 1110101 101101 1110111 101101 1110111 1110101 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 537 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 422 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 102 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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