Analysis of XXXIX. Religion consists in right sentiments of God
Ellis Walker 1650 (England) – 1700 (England)
Frame to yourself some forms, some rules whereby
To guide your life, on which to keep your eye,
Which whether to yourself you live recluse,
Or which in conversation you may use;
For there are dangers, which the wise would fly
Both in retirement and society.
For neither can a ship with safety ride
Within her port, if not with cables ty'd;
Nor can she be secure, when under sail,
Though in fair weather with a prosp'rous gale,
Unless known rules, by long experience try'd,
Her well-spread canvas, and her rudder guide.
Nor only in the main do tempests roar,
They strike the flats, and riot on the shore;
And skilful sailors with just reason doubt
Danger within, as well as those without.
Scheme | AABBACDCEECDFFGG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111101 1111111111 1101011101 110010111 1111010111 10010000100 1101011101 0101111101 1111011101 101101011 01111101001 0111000101 110001111 1101010101 011011101 1001111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 680 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 540 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 123 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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