Analysis of Anger
Charles Lamb 1775 (Inner Temple, London) – 1834 (Edmonton, London)
Anger in its time and place
May assume a kind of grace.
It must have some reason in it,
And not last beyond a minute.
If to further lengths it go,
It does into malice grow.
'Tis the difference that we see
'Twixt the serpent and the bee.
If the latter you provoke,
It inflicts a hasty stroke,
Puts you to some little pain,
But it never stings again.
Close in tufted bush or brake
Lurks the poison-swellëd snake
Nursing up his cherished wrath;
In the purlieux of his path,
In the cold, or in the warm,
Mean him good, or mean him harm,
Whensoever fate may bring you,
The vile snake will always sting you.
Scheme | AABCDDEEFFGHIIJJKLMM |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 1001101 1010111 11111001 01101010 1110111 1101101 10100111 1010001 1010101 1010101 1111101 1110101 1010111 1010111 1011101 001111 0011001 1111111 11111 0111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 591 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 464 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 116 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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