Analysis of To The Rt. Hon. Charlotte Lady Conway, On Her Resolving To Leave Bath.

Mary Barber 1685 – 1755



O Charlotte, truly pious, early wise!
The Pleasures sought by others, you despise:
Nor Bath, nor Bath's Allurements thee detain;
Unmov'd, you quit them to the Gay and Vain.
But tho' nor Health, nor Pleasure will prevail;
The Happiness you give, should turn the Scale.
O stay, and teach the Virtues of thy Breast:
Thousands by thy Example may be blest:
A Mind so humble, and so truly great,
So fitted to oblige in ev'ry State;
A Manner, so engaging and discrete,
A Manner, so inimitably sweet!
These, and thy thousand Charms, who can express?
Seymour, how vast a Treasure you possess!


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFFGG
Poetic Form
Metre 1101010101 0101110101 11111101 0111110101 1111110101 0100111101 1101010111 1011010111 0111001101 110101011 0101010001 010111 1011011101 1011010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 578
Words 104
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 450
Words per stanza (avg) 102
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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