Analysis of Chiding
David Bates 1809 (Indian Hill) – 1870
Reproach will seldom mend the young,
If they are left to need it;
The breath of love must stir the tongue,
If you would have them heed it.
How oft we see a child caressed
For little faults and failings,
Which should have been at first suppressed
To save the after railings!
If, when the heart would go astray,
You would the passion smother,
You must not tear the charm away,
But substitute another.
Thus it is pleasant to be led,
If he who leads will measure
The heart's affection by the head,
And make pursuit a pleasure.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GFGF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110101 1111111 01111101 1111111 11110101 1101010 11111101 1101010 11011101 1101010 11110101 110010 11110111 1111110 01010101 0101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 550 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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