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
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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