Analysis of An Epistle To Dr. Moore.
Helen Maria Williams 1761 (London) – 1827
Whether dispensing hope, and ease
To the pale victim of disease,
Or in the social crowd you sit,
And charm the group with sense and wit,
Moore's partial ear will not disdain
Attention to my artless strain.
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 10010101 10110101 10010111 01011101 11011101 0101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 200 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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