Analysis of Unthrift

Coventry Patmore 1823 (Woodford, London) – 1896 (Lymington)



Ah, wasteful woman, she who may
On her sweet self set her own price,
Knowing men cannot choose but pay,
How she has cheapen'd paradise;
How given for nought her priceless gift,
How spoil'd the bread and spill'd the wine,
Which, spent with due, respective thrift,
Had made brutes men, and men divine.


Scheme ABABCDCD
Poetic Form Traditional rhyme
Metre 11010111 10111011 10110111 1111010 110110101 11010101 11110101 11110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 307
Words 55
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 232
Words per stanza (avg) 53
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Coventry Patmore

Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore was an English poet and critic best known for The Angel in the House, his narrative poem about an ideal happy marriage. more…

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