Analysis of A Lady's Beauty
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
Ladye, thy white brow is fair,
Beauty's morning light is there;
And thine eye is like a star,
Dark as those of midnight are:
Round thee satin robe is flung;
Pearls upon thy neck are hung:
Yet thou wearest silk and gem,
As thou hadst forgotten them.
Lovelier is the ray that lies
On thy lip, and in thine eyes.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEE |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) |
Metre | 111111 110111 0111101 111111 1110111 1011111 111101 1110101 110111 1110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 318 |
Words | 69 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 238 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
About this poem
A chapter heading from Ethel Churchill, a novel published in 1837. The lady in question is Lady Marchmont, who is the principal female protagonist of the novel
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Written on January 01, 1837
Submitted by Madeleine Quinn on March 12, 2024
Modified by Madeleine Quinn on March 12, 2024
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