Analysis of Taking An Ostrich
Richard Cobbold 1797 ( Ipswich) – 1877 (Wortham)
This Ostrich taken, vainly tries
From chord of Courser to be free;
She struggles hard, but man defies
Her bold attempt at liberty.
Ah! Lady take the simile:
As Ostrich caught by twisted chord,
So Woman must obey her Lord.
Awhile, in youth you wander o’er
The golden path of promised joy,
Nor think captivity has store
Of care, life’s bitterest alloy: -
You play with love, as child with toy;
But ah this Ostrich; it will prove
You cannot ‘scape the Chord of Love.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 11110111 11011101 01011100 110101 11011101 11010101 01011101 01011101 11010011 1111001 11111111 11110111 11010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 464 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 180 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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