Analysis of A Letter To Dafnis April: 2d 1685
Anne Kingsmill Finch 1661 – 1720 (Westminster)
This to the Crown, and blessing of my life,
The much lov'd husband, of a happy wife.
To him, whose constant passion found the art
To win a stubborn, and ungratefull heart;
And to the World, by tend'rest proof discovers
They err, who say that husbands can't be lovers.
With such return of passion, as is due,
Daphnis I love, Daphnis my thoughts persue,
Daphnis, my hopes, my joys, are bounded all in you:
Ev'n I, for Daphnis, and my promise sake,
What I in women censure, undertake.
But this from love, not vanity, proceeds;
You know who writes; and I who 'tis that reads.
Judge not my passion, by my want of skill,
Many love well, though they express itt ill;
And I your censure cou'd with pleasure bear,
Wou'd you but soon return, and speak itt here.
Scheme | AABBCCDCDEEFFGGHI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010111 0111010101 1111010101 11010011 01011111010 11111101110 1101110111 101110111 101111110101 11111001101 110101010 1111110001 1111011111 1111011111 1011110111 0111011101 1111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 743 |
Words | 141 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 571 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 139 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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