Analysis of Lord Melbourne
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
It is a glorious task to guide
The vessel thro’ the dashing tide
When dark is the tumultuous sea
And thunder-clouds are on the lea,
While war notes mount upon the wind
From the fierce storm that rides behind.
And such a task it is to steer
A people in their high career,
When old opinions war, and change
Is sudden, violent, and strange;
And men recall the past, to say,
So shall not be the coming day.
Such time is passing o’er our land,
New thoughts arise—new hopes expand,
And man knows in his own strong will
It is his purpose to fulfil:
In the fierce contest of such hour,
How mighty is the leader’s power.
More glorious than the conqueror’s brand,
The rule entrusted to such hand.
From it the past and present claim
The rights they teach, the hopes they frame:
Do what the island of the free;
What England should expect of thee!
Scheme | AABBCC DDEEFF GGHHII GGJJBB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110100111 01010101 11101001 01011101 11110101 10111101 01011111 01001101 11010101 11010001 0110111 11110101 111101101 11011101 01101111 1111011 001101110 110101010 1100101001 01010111 11010101 01110111 11010101 11010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 839 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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