Analysis of A Poetical Epistle To Sir William Bennet, Bart. of Grubbat
James Thomson 1700 (Port Glasgow) – 1748 (London)
My trembling muse your honour does address,
That it's a bold attempt most humbly I confess;
If you'll encourage her young fagging flight,
She'll upwards soar and mount Parnassus' height.
If little things with great may be compared
In Rome it so with the divine Virgil fared;
The tuneful bard Augustus did inspire,
Made his great genius flash poetic fire;
But if upon my flight your honour frowns,
The muse folds up her wings, and dying - justice owns.
Scheme | AABBCCDEFG |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 110011111 110101110101 110100111 110101101 1101111101 01111001101 0101010101 11110101010 110111111 011101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 450 |
Words | 81 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 358 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 79 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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