Analysis of Written at Tunbridge--Wells

Mary Barber 1685 – 1755



These Plains, so joyous once to me,
Now sadly chang'd appear:
Hortensia I no more can see,
Who patroniz'd me here.

Fair Excellence, where--e'er you go,
May Kindred Angels wait,
To guard you thro' this Vale of Woe,
To your celestial Seat.

Sage Boerhaave! now exert your Art,
New Medicines explore:
A purer, or a nobler Heart,
Ne'er sought thy Aid before.

Your choicest Springs, Germania, give:
Goddess of Health, attend:
Long, long, and happy may she live,
The lonely Stranger's Friend.


Scheme AXAX BXBX CDCD XEXE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 11110111 110101 111111 11011 110011011 110101 11111111 110101 1110111 110001 01010101 111101 110101001 101101 11010111 010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 478
Words 84
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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