Analysis of Views of Life
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
We tremble even in our happiness;
Hurried and dim, the unknown hours press
Heavy with care or grief, that none may ever guess.
The future is more present than the past:
For one look back a thousand on we cast,
And Hope doth ever Memory outlast.
For Hope say Fear—Hope is a timid thing,
Fearful, and weak, and born in suffering;
At least, such Hope as human life can bring.
Its home, it is not here, it looks beyond;
And, while it carries an enchanter's wand,
Its spells are conscious of their earthly bond.
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 497 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted by Madeleine Quinn on July 27, 2016
Modified by Madeleine Quinn on March 02, 2020
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