Analysis of A Wish.
Samuel Rogers 1763 (Newington Green) – 1855
Mine be a cot beside the hill,
A bee-hive's hum shall sooth my ear;
A willowy brook, that turns a mill,
With many a fall shall linger near.
The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch,
Shall twitter from her clay-built nest;
Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch,
And share my meal, a welcome guest.
Around my ivy'd porch shall spring
Each fragrant flower that drinks the dew;
And Lucy, at her wheel, shall sing
In russet gown and apron blue.
The village-church, among the trees,
Where first our marriage-vows were giv'n,
With merry peals shall swell the breeze,
And point with taper spire to heav'n.
Scheme | AXAX BCBC DEDE FGFG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11010101 01111111 010011101 110011101 01010111 11010111 11010101 01110101 0111111 110101101 01010111 01010101 01010101 111010101 11011101 01110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 585 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on May 03, 2023
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