Analysis of Fragment at Tunbridge-Wells
Anne Kingsmill Finch 1661 – 1720 (Westminster)
FOR He, that made, must new create us,
Ere Seneca, or Epictetus,
With all their serious Admonitions,
Can, for the Spleen, prove good Physicians.
The Heart's unruly Palpitation
Will not be laid by a Quotation;
Nor will the Spirits move the lighter
For the most celebrated Writer.
Sweats, Swoonings, and convulsive Motions
Will not be cur'd by Words, and Notions.
Then live, old Brown! with thy Chalybeats,
Which keep us from becoming Idiots.
At Tunbridge let us still be Drinking,
Though 'tis the Antipodes to Thinking:
Such Hurry, whilst the Spirit's flying,
Such Stupefaction, when 'tis dying;
Yet these, and not sententious Papers,
Must brighten Life, and cure the Vapours
Scheme | AABBCCDDBB AXEEEEXA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111011 110011 111100010 110111010 01010010 111110010 110101010 10110010 11001010 111111010 1111111 1111010100 11111110 1101110 110101010 111110 1101110 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 669 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 8 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 266 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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