Analysis of A Portrait
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
Many were lovely there ; but, of that many,
Was one who looked the loveliest of any —
The youthful countess. On her cheek the dies
Were crimson with the morning's exercise ;
The laugh upon her full red lip yet hung ;
And, arrow-like, light words flashed from her tongue.
She had more loveliness than beauty — hers
Was that enchantment which the heart confers.
A mouth, sweet from its smiles; a large dark eye,
That had o'er all expression mastery.
Laughing the orb, but yet the long lash made
Somewhat of sadness with its twilight shade ;
And suiting well the upcast look that seemed,
At times, as it of melancholy dreamed :
Her cheek was as a rainbow, it so changed
As each emotion o'er its surface ranged —
Her face was full of feeling.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10010111110 111101110 0101010101 010101010 0101011111 0101111101 11111100 1101010101 0111110111 11101010100 1001110111 111101111 010101111 111111001 011101111 11010101101 0111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 760 |
Words | 149 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 573 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 138 |
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Submitted by Madeleine Quinn on November 26, 2016
Modified by Madeleine Quinn on March 11, 2024
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