Analysis of Confidence
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
Fear not to trust her destiny with me:
I can remember, in my early youth,
Wandering amid our old ancestral woods,
I found an unfledged dove upon the ground.
I took the callow creature to my care,
And fain had given it to its nest again:
That could not be, and so I made its home
In my affection, and my constant care.
I made its cage of osier-boughs, and hung
A wreath of early leaves and woodland flowers :
I hung it in the sun ; and, when the wind
Blew from the cold and bitter east, 'twas screened
With care that never knew forgetfulness.
I loved it, for I pitied it, and knew
Its sole dependence was upon my love.
Scheme | ABCDEFGEHIJKCLM |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111010011 1101001101 100011010101 111110101 1101010111 01110111101 1111011111 0101001101 111111101 0111010110 1110010101 1101010111 1111011 111111101 1101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 603 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 475 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 122 |
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