Analysis of For My Grand-Daughters, M. And L. - An Acrostic.
Mary and Lily - how sweet are those names,
Allied as they are to my heart and my home;
Recalling with freshness the days that are past,
Yielding buds of sweet promise for days yet to come.
Links are these names to the chain that hath bound
In fetters my heart, to which still they lay claim;
Loved ones and lovely, still close by me found,
Years past, and time present, whose names are the same.
Enshrined in this bosom, is living one now,
Still youthful and truthful, and talented too,
Though years have elapsed since she passed from our view;
E'en in Summer midst roses in beauty and bloom,
She faded away, and was borne to the tomb.
Weston, March 5, 1852.
Scheme | XXXX ABAB XCCDD X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001011111 01111111011 01011001111 101111011111 1111101111 01011111111 1101011111 11011011101 01011011011 11001001001 111011111101 1101011001001 11001011101 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 654 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5, 1 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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