Analysis of Regard Due to the Feelings of Others
Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney 1791 ( Norwich) – 1865
There is a plant that in its cell,
All trembling seems to stand,
And bend its stalk, and fold its leaves,
From each approaching hand.
And thus there is a conscious nerve,
Within the human breast,
That from the rash or careless hand,
Shrinks, and retires—distrest.
The pressure rude, the touch severe,
Will raise within the mind,
A nameless thrill, a secret tear,
A torture undefin'd.
O you, who are by nature form'd,
Each thought refin'd to know,
Repress the word, the glance, that wakes
That trembling nerve to woe.
And be it still your joy to raise
The trembler from the shade,
To bind the broken, and to heal
The wounds you never made.
When e'er you see the feeling mind,
Oh, let this care begin,
And though the cell be rude or low,
Respect the guest within.
Scheme | XAXA XXAA XBXB XCXC XDXD BECE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11011011 1100111 01110111 110101 01110101 010101 11011101 10011 01010101 110101 01010101 01001 11111101 110111 01010111 1100111 01111111 01101 11010011 011101 110110101 111101 01011111 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 836 |
Words | 167 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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