Analysis of Lines Addressed To Lieut. R.W.H. Hardy, R.N.
Charles Lamb 1775 (Inner Temple, London) – 1834 (Edmonton, London)
ON THE PERUSAL OF HIS VOLUME OF TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF MEXICO.
'Tis pleasant, lolling in our elbow-chair,
Secure at home, to read descriptions rare
Of venturous traveller in savage climes;
His hair-breadth 'scapes, toil, hunger-and sometimes
The merrier passages that, like a foil
To set off perils past, sweetened that toil,
And took the edge from danger; and I look
With such fear-mingled pleasure through thy book,
Adventurous Hardy! Thou a diver art,
But of no common form; and, for thy part
Of the adventure, hast brought home to the nation
Pearls of discovery-jewels of observation.
Enfield, January, 1830.
Scheme | X AABBCCDDEEFF X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100101110110000100110 1101001011 0111110101 111000101 1111110001 01001001101 1111011011 0101110011 1111010111 01001010101 1111010111 100101111010 110100101010 10100 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 612 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 12, 1 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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