Analysis of Introduction to an Album
John Henry Newman 1801 (London) – 1890 (Edgbaston)
I am a harp of many chords, and each
Strung by a separate hand;—most musical
My notes, discoursing with the mental sense,
Not the outward ear. Try them, they will reply
With wisdom, fancy, graceful gaiety,
Or ready wit, or happy sentiment.
Come, add a string to my assort of sounds;
Widen the compass of my harmony;
And join thyself in fellowship of name
With those, whose courteous labour and fair gifts
Have given me voice, and made me what I am.
Scheme | ABCDEEFGHIJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110101 1101011100 11110101 10101111101 11010101 1101110100 1101110111 1001011100 01101011 1111001011 11011011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 458 |
Words | 85 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 349 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 82 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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