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.
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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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