Analysis of Hope
Joseph Addison 1672 (Milston) – 1719 (Holland House, London)
Our lives, discoloured with our present woes,
May still grow white and shine with happier hours.
So the pure limped stream, when foul with stains
Of rushing torrents and descending rains,
Works itself clear, and as it runs refines,
till by degrees the floating mirror shines;
Reflects each flower that on the border grows,
And a new heaven in it's fair bosom shows.
| Scheme | ABCCDDAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011110101 111101110010 101111111 1101000101 1011011101 1101010101 01110110101 00110011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 366 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 292 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 08, 2023
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