Analysis of Written in a Flower Book, of my own Colouring, designed for Lady Plymouth
William Shenstone 1714 (Halesowen) – 1763 (Halesowen)
Debitae nymphis opifex coronae.-Hor.
Constructor of the tributary wreath
For rural maids.
Bring, Flora, bring thy treasures here,
The pride of all the blooming year;
And let me thence a garland frame,
To crown this fair, this peerless dame!
But, ah! since envious Winter lowers,
And Hewell meads resign their flowers,
Let Art and Friendship's joint essay
Diffuse their flowerets in her way.
Not Nature can, herself, prepare
A worthy wreath for Lesbia's hair,
Whose temper, like her forehead, smooth,
Whose thoughts and accents form'd to soothe,
Whose pleasing mien, and make refined,
Whose artless breast, and polish'd mind,
From all the nymphs of plain or grove,
Deserved and won by Plymouth's love!
Scheme | A XX AABBCCDDAAEEFFXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 010101001 1101 11011101 01110101 01110101 11111101 1111001010 010101110 1101101 0111001 11010101 0101111 11010101 11010111 11010101 1110101 11011111 01011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 700 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 16 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 185 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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