Analysis of To Mrs. Caesar, At The Speaker's Lodgings At Bath.
Mary Barber 1685 – 1755
When lately you acquitted me,
With Carteret I din'd;
And, in Return, (tho' grievous) thee
To Onslow I resign'd.
'Tis wise the happy Hour to seize;
For, search the Nation round,
Such Peers, or Commoners, as these,
Where are they to be found?
Our Situation's chang'd you see:
(How Pleasures fleet away!)
But Yesterday you envy'd me;
I envy you To--day.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD AEAE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11010101 110011 00011101 110101 110101011 110101 11110011 111111 10010111 110101 110111 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 347 |
Words | 64 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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