Analysis of Miss W - Returned the Rouge
John Carr, Sir 1772 – 1832 (London, United Kingdom)
When men exert their utmost pow'rs,
To while away the tedious hours,
With soothing Flatt'ry's art,
When ev'ry art and work well skill'd,
And ev'ry look with poison fill'd,
Assail a woman's heart,
Tho' ardently she'd wish to be
Proof 'gainst the charms of Flattery,
The task is hard, I ween;
Self-love will whisper "'Tis quite true,
Who can there be more fair than you?
Who more admir'd, when seen?"
Then take this tempting gift of thine,
Nor e'er again wish me to shine
In any borrow'd bloom:
Nor rouge, nor compliments, can charm;
Full well I know they both will harm;
Truth is my only plume.
Scheme | AABCCB DDEFFE EEGHHG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111 1101010010 11011 1110111 0111101 010101 11001111 11011100 011111 11110111 11111111 1101011 11110111 110011111 01011 11110011 11111111 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 582 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 150 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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