Analysis of Ornaments
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
Bring from the east, bring from the west,
Flowers for the hair, gems for the vest ;
Bring the rich silks that are shining with gold,
Wrought in rich broidery on every fold,
Bring ye the perfumes that breathe on the rose,
Such as the summer of Egypt bestows ;
Bring the white pearls from the depths of the sea —
They are fair like the neck where their lustre will be.
Such are the offerings that now will be brought,
But can they bring peace to the turmoil of thought ?
Can they one moment of quiet bestow
To the human heart, feverish and beating, below ?
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11011101 101011101 1011111011 101111001 1100111101 1101011001 1011101101 111101111011 11010011111 1111110111 1111011001 1010110001001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 556 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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