Analysis of An Invitation To Edward Walpole, Esq.
Mary Barber 1685 – 1755
When I heard you were landed, I flew to the Nine,
Intreating their Aid to invite you to dine.
They told me, I came on that Errand too late;
For you were engag'd by the Rich, and the Great.
Already! said I; they were speedy indeed:
However I'll try, and I hope to succeed.
Those Creatures of Power, who your Levee attend,
If your Father were out, their Conge's would end:
Tho' your personal Merit is great, 'tis allow'd;
'Tis the Son of the Statesman, that weighs with the Croud.
I expect not a Place, nor hope for a Pension,
The Love of the Muse is my only Pretension.
I hate to abuse--and I never can flatter:
I write for no Party, nor either bespatter.
From the Lands of Parnassus the Rents are ill--paid,
And England has cruelly cramp'd us in Trade:
So look not for China, or Service of Plate,
Or ought that is costly, to tempt you to eat.
Yet a Way to engage you I think I have hit on:
I mean, to remember our Friends in Great--Britain.
Two Bottles of Wine, and two Dishes I'll give:
Then fly from the Crouds that oppress you--and live.
The first Glass shall welcome you, Sir, to our Coast;
And dear Lady Conway shall be my next Toast.
With Mirth, and good Humour, I'll make up the Treat;
I know you're too wise, to love dining in State.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101011101 111101111 11111111011 11001101001 01011101001 1011011101 110110111001 1110011111 111001011101 101101011101 101101111010 011011110010 111010110110 1111101101 10111001111 0101101101 11111011011 11111011111 1011011111111 1110101010110 11011011011 11101101101 011110111101 0110111111 1101111101 11111111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,224 |
Words | 240 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 14, 8, 4 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 313 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 79 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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