Analysis of Self Examination
Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney 1791 ( Norwich) – 1865
Seek not of man with light applause to pay
The priceless guerdon of a well-spent day,—
Wait not for him to judge the generous deed,
But spread the scroll, and bid thy Conscience read.
Rest on thy couch,—recline within thy cell,
And ask that silent one, if all be well?—
Then if she smile, receive the rapturous meed,—
Nor boast the motive,—nor proclaim the deed,
Wait till the day of doom, the hour of fate,
Even as the expecting Jews for their Messiah wait.
Scheme | AABCDDBBEE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111110111 010110111 11111101001 1101011101 1111010111 0111011111 11110101001 1101010101 11011101011 10100101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 476 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 354 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 84 |
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From Poems 1827
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