Analysis of Doubt
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
I tell thee death were far more merciful
Than such a blow. It is death to the heart;
Death to its first affections, its sweet hopes;
The young religion of its guileless faith.
Henceforth the well is troubled at the spring;
The waves run clear no longer ; there is doubt
To shut out happiness — perpetual shade;
Which, if the sunshine penetrate, 'tis dim,
And broken ere it reach the stream below.
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Metre | 1111011100 1101111101 1111010111 0101011101 1101110101 0111110111 11110001001 11011011 0101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 390 |
Words | 72 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 310 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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