Analysis of To Mrs. Mary Caesar

Mary Barber 1685 – 1755



I read in your delighted Face,
The Nuptial Bands are ty'd:
From me congratulate her Grace,
Young Portland's lovely Bride.

Tell her, an humble, artless Muse
Would hail the happy Pair;
But that, like Flow'rs by deadly Dews,
Her Strains are damp'd by Care.

Those whom the tuneful Nine inspire,
Have now a spacious Field:
To them I must resign the Lyre,
To none in Wishes yield.

May Prudence still the Fair attend,
Who, with distinguish'd Taste,
In Caesar early chose a Friend,
With ev'ry Virtue grac'd:

Who back a thousand Years may trace,
And her Descent maintain,
From Ademar's illustrious Race,
Ally'd to Charlemain.


Scheme ABAB CDCD EBEB BBBB AFAF
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11010101 010111 1101001 110101 1011011 110101 11111101 011111 11010101 110101 11110101 110101 11010101 110101 01010101 11101 11010111 000101 1101001 111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 605
Words 107
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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