Analysis of Inscription

Charlotte Smith 1749 (London) – 1806 (Tilford, Surrey)



On a Stone, in the Church-Yard at Boreham, in
Essex; raised by the Honourable Elizabeth Olmius,
to the memory of Ann Gardner, who died at New
Hall, after a faithful Service of Forty Years.
WHATE'ER of praise, and of regret attend
The grateful servant, and the humble friend,
Where strict integrity and worth unite
To raise the lowly in their Maker's sight,

Are her's; whose faithful service, long approved,
Wept by the mistress whom through life she loved.
Here ends her earthly task; in joyful trust
To share the eternal triumph of the just.


Scheme XAXABBCC XXDD
Poetic Form
Metre 1010011110 10110101001 1010011101111 110010101101 1011010101 0101000101 110100011 1101001101 1111010101 1101011111 1101010101 11001010101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 541
Words 96
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 214
Words per stanza (avg) 47
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Charlotte Smith

Charlotte Turner Smith was an English Romantic poet and novelist. She initiated a revival of the English sonnet, helped establish the conventions of Gothic fiction, and wrote political novels of sensibility. A successful writer, she published ten novels, three books of poetry, four children's books, and other assorted works over the course of her career. She saw herself as a poet first and foremost, poetry at that period being considered the most exalted form of literature. Scholars now credit her with transforming the sonnet into an expression of woeful sentiment. more…

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