Analysis of Impromptu, to Lady Winchelsea
Alexander Pope 1688 (London) – 1744 (Twickenham)
In vain you boast Poetic Names of yore,
And cite those Sapho's we admire no more:
Fate doom'd the Fall of ev'ry Female Wit,
But doom'd it then when first Ardelia writ.
Of all Examples by the World confest,
I knew Ardelia could not quote the best;
Who, like her Mistress on Britannia's Throne;
Fights, and subdues in Quarrels not her own.
To write their Praise you but in vain essay;
Ev'n while you write, you take that Praise away:
Light to the Stars the Sun does thus restore,
But shines himself till they are seen no more.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111010111 011110111 11011111 11111101001 110101011 11010011101 11010111 101010101 1111110101 11111111101 1101011101 1101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 521 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 406 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 98 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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