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 |
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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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