Analysis of Jealousy
Anne Kingsmill Finch 1661 – 1720 (Westminster)
VAIN Love, why do'st thou boast of Wings,
That cannot help thee to retire!
When such quick Flames Suspicion brings,
As do the Heart about thee fire.
Still Swift to come, but when to go
Thou shou'd'st be more–Alas! how Slow.
Lord of the World must surely be
But thy bare Title at the most;
Since Jealousy is Lord of Thee,
And makes such Havock on thy Coast,
As do's thy pleasant Land deface,
Yet binds thee faster to the Place.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111111 11011101 11110101 110101110 11111111 11110111 11011101 11110101 11001111 0111111 11110101 11110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 440 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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