Analysis of Portrait Of A Lady. By Sir Thomas Lawrence
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
LADY , thy lofty brow is fair,
Beauty's sign and seal are there;
And thy lip is like the rose
Closing round the bee's repose;
And thine eye is like a star,
But blue as the sapphires' are.
Beautiful patrician! thou
Wearest on thy stately brow
All that suits a noble race,
All of high-born maiden's grace,--
Who is there could look on thee
And doubt thy nobility?
Round thee satin robe is flung,
Pearls upon thy neck are hung,
And upon thy arm of snow
Rubies like red sun-gifts glow;
Yet thou wearest pearl and gem
As thou hadst forgotten them.--
'Tis a step, but made to tread
O'er Persian web, or flower's head,--
Soft hand that might only move
In the broider'd silken glove,--
Cheek unused to ruder air
Than what hot-house rose might bear,--
One whom nature only meant
To be queen of the tournament,--
Courtly fete, and lighted hall,--
Grace and ornament of all!
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFF GGHHIIJJXXAAXXKK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110111 110111 0111101 1010101 0111101 11101001 1000101 111101 1110101 111111 1111111 0110100 1110111 1011111 0011111 1011111 111101 1110101 1011111 10101111 1111101 001101 1011101 1111111 1110101 11110100 1010101 1010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 844 |
Words | 166 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 16 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 329 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 79 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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