Analysis of Opinions
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
He scorned them from the centre of his heart,
For well he knew mankind ; and he who knows
Must loathe or pity. He who dwells apart,
With books, and nature, and philosophy,
May lull himself with pity ; he who dwells
In crowds and cities, struggling with his race,
Must daily see their falsehood and their faults,
Their cold ingratitude, their selfishness :
How can he choose but loathe them ?
Scheme | ABACDEFGH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010111 1111110111 1111011101 1101000100 1101110111 01010100111 110111011 1111100 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 390 |
Words | 68 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 306 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 72 |
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