Analysis of Penitence
Edward Young 1681 (Upham) – 1765 (Welwyn)
Great God!
Greater than greatest! better than the best!
Kinder than kindest! with soft pity's eye
Look down -
On a poor breathing particle of dust!
Or, lower, - an immortal in his crimes.
His crimes forgive, forgive his virtues too!
Those smaller faults, half converts to the right.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 1011010101 101101111 11 1011010011 1101010011 1101011101 1101110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 284 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 219 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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