Analysis of Lines Suggested By A Sight Of Waltham Cross
Charles Lamb 1775 (Inner Temple, London) – 1834 (Edmonton, London)
Time-mouldering crosses, gemmed with imagery
Of costliest work and Gothic tracery,
Point still the spot, to hallowed Wedlock dear,
Where rested on its solemn way the bier
That bore the bones of Edward's Elinor
To mix with Royal dust at Westminster.
Far different rites did thee to dust consign,
Duke Brunswick's daughter, princely Caroline:
A hurrying funeral, and a banished grave,
High-minded Wife, were all that thou couldst have.
Grieve not, great Ghost, nor count in death in losses;
Thou in thy life-time hadst thy share of crosses
Scheme | AABCDDEEFGHI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011100 110010101 110111011 1101110101 1101110100 111101110 11001111101 110101010 010010000101 1101011111 11111101010 10111111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 534 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 430 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 88 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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