Analysis of To Her Father with Some Verses

Anne Bradstreet 1612 (Northampton) – 1672 (Andover)



Most truly honoured, and as truly dear,
If worth in me or ought I do appear,
Who can of right better demand the same
Than may your worthy self from whom it came?
The principal might yield a greater sum,
Yet handled ill, amounts but to this crumb;
My stock's so small I know not how to pay,
My bond remains in force unto this day;
Yet for part payment take this simple mite,
Where nothing's to be had, kings loose their right.
Such is my debt I may not say forgive,
But as I can, I'll pay it while I live;
Such is my bond, none can discharge but I,
Yet paying is not paid until I die.


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFGHH
Poetic Form
Metre 110101101 1101111101 1111100101 1111011111 0100110101 1101011111 1111111111 1101011011 1111011101 1101111111 1111111101 1111111111 1111110111 1101110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 591
Words 121
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 444
Words per stanza (avg) 119
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Anne Bradstreet

Anne Bradstreet was the first poet and first female writer in the British North American colonies to be published. more…

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