Analysis of To Life's Pilgrim
Geoffrey Chaucer 1343 (London) – 1400 (London)
FLY from the press, and dwell with soothfastness;
Suffice unto thy good, though it be small,
For hoard hath hate, and climbing tickleness ;
Preise hath envie, and weal is blent o'er all.
Savor no more than thee behoven shall,
Rede well thy self that other folk can'st rede,
And Truth thee shalt deliver 'tis no drede.
That thee is sent receive in buxomness :
The wrestling of this world, asketh a fall.
Here is no home, here is but wilderness.
Forth, pilgrim, forth on, best out of thy stall;
Look up on high, and thank the God of all!
Weivith thy lust, and let thy ghost thee lead,
And Truth thee shalt deliver 'tis no drede.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 0110111111 11110101 1110111101 10111111 11111101111 0111010111 11110101 010111101 1111111100 1101111111 1111010111 111011111 0111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 634 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 3, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 60 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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