Analysis of The Unequal Fetters
Anne Kingsmill Finch 1661 – 1720 (Westminster)
Cou'd we stop the time that's flying
Or recall itt when 'tis past
Put far off the day of Dying
Or make Youth for ever last
To Love wou'd then be worth our cost.
But since we must loose those Graces
Which at first your hearts have wonne
And you seek for in new Faces
When our Spring of Life is done
It wou'd but urdge our ruine on
Free as Nature's first intention
Was to make us, I'll be found
Nor by subtle Man's invention
Yeild to be in Fetters bound
By one that walks a freer round.
Mariage does but slightly tye Men
Whil'st close Pris'ners we remain
They the larger Slaves of Hymen
Still are begging Love again
At the full length of all their chain.
Scheme | ABABX XCXCC CDCDD CCCCC |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11101110 111111 11101110 1111101 111111101 11111110 1111111 01110110 11011111 11111011 11101010 1111111 11101010 1110101 11110101 1111011 111101 10101110 1110101 10111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 644 |
Words | 131 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 13, 2023
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