Analysis of Tormenting Cares
Anna Laetitia Barbauld 1743 (Kibworth) – 1825 (Stoke Newington)
Sleep, sleep today, tormenting cares
Of earth and folly born!
Ye shall not dim the light that streams
From this celestial morn.
Tomorrow will be time enough
To feel your harsh control;
Ye shall not violate this day,
The sabbath of my soul.
Sleep, sleep for ever, guilty thoughts!
Let fires of vengeance die;
And, purged from sin, may I behold
A God of purity!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101101 110101 11110111 110101 0111101 111101 11110011 010111 11110101 1101101 01111101 011100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 356 |
Words | 67 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 281 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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