Analysis of Riches I hold in light esteem
Emily Jane Brontë 1818 (Thornton) – 1848 (Haworth)
Riches I hold in light esteem
And Love I laugh to scorn
And lust of Fame was but a dream
That vanished with the morn–
And if I pray, the only prayer
That moves my lips for me
Is–'Leave the heart that now I bear
And give me liberty.'
Yes, as my swift days near their goal
'Tis all that I implore
Through life and death, a chainless soul
With courage to endure!
(March 1, 1841)
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10110101 011111 01111101 110101 01110101 111111 11011111 011100 11111111 111101 1101011 110101 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 381 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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