Analysis of The Palace Called Beautiful
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
"He lifted up his eyes, and behold there was a very stately palace before him, the name of which was 'Beautiful'. Looking very narrowly before him as he went, he espied two lions in the way."—Pilgrim's Progress.
He wandered on a weary way,
A weary way he wandered on;
Till eagerness and fortitude—
Till all but hope were gone.
The night fell dark around his steps,
And terrible is falling night,
For cheerful thoughts of enterprise
Attend on morning’s light.
And there were Lions in the way—
The lion mighty in his wrath—
No marvel that the traveller shrank
From such a dreary path.
Then spake the Porter of the house,
The house that was so fair,
The house whose name was Beautiful,
And bade him not despair.
Chained were the Lions on his way,
And he could safely pass along,
If that he had a steadfast hope,
And if his faith were strong.
He entered in the lovely place;
Four maidens at the door,
With wine, and bread, and pleasant words,
His fainting soul restore.
Next morn they furnished him with arms,
That in the sunshine glowed.
Who were the maidens setting forth
The Christian on his road?
Prudence and Piety, intent
On every work of Love,
And Charity, whose youthful heart
Is tender as the dove.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011100111010101001101111100101010001111111110001101 11010101 01011101 1100010 111101 01110111 01001101 1101110 011101 01010001 01010011 110101001 110101 11010101 011111 01111100 011101 10010111 01110101 1111011 011101 11000101 110101 11010101 110101 11110111 10011 10010101 010111 10010001 1100111 01001101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,274 |
Words | 221 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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