Analysis of On a certain Lady at Court
Alexander Pope 1688 (London) – 1744 (Twickenham)
I know the thing that's most uncommon;
(Envy be silent and attend!)
I know a Reasonable Woman,
Handsome and witty, yet a Friend.
Not warp'd by Passion, aw'd by Rumour,
Not grave thro' Pride, or gay thro' Folly,
An equal Mixture of good Humour,
And sensible soft Melancholy.
`Has she no Faults then (Envy says) Sir?'
Yes she has one, I must aver:
When all the World comspires to praise her,
The Woman's deaf, and does not hear.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD CCCX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 110111010 10110001 110100010 10010101 11110110 111111110 11010111 01001100 111111011 11111110 11011110 01010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 435 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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