Analysis of Inscription
William Lisle Bowles 1762 (King's Sutton) – 1850
Come, and where these runnels fall,
Listen to my madrigal!
Far from all sounds of all the strife,
That murmur through the walks of life;
From grief, inquietude, and fears,
From scenes of riot, or of tears;
From passions, cankering day by day,
That wear the inmost heart away;
From pale Detraction's envious spite,
That worries where it fears to bite;
From mad Ambition's worldly chase,
Come, and in this shady place,
Be thine Contentment's humble joys,
And a life that makes no noise,
Save when fancy, musing long,
Turns to desultory song;
And wakes some lonely melody,
Like the water dripping by.
Come, and where these runnels fall,
Listen to my madrigal!
Scheme | ABccdeffgghhiijjklAB |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 1011101 1011100 11111101 11010111 11101 11110111 1101111 1101101 1111001 11011111 111101 1001101 111101 0011111 1110101 111001 01110100 1010101 1011101 1011100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 645 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 513 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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