Analysis of To Margaret W------
Charles Lamb 1775 (Inner Temple, London) – 1834 (Edmonton, London)
Margaret, in happy hour,
Christen'd from that humble flower
Which we a daisy call!
May thy pretty name-sake be
In all things a type of thee,
And image thee in all.
Like it you show a modest face,
An unpretending native grace; —
The tulip, and the pink,
The china and the damask rose,
And every flaunting flower that blows,
In the comparing shrink.
Of lowly fields you think no scorn;
Yet gayest gardens would adorn,
And grace, wherever set.
Home-seated in your lonely bower,
Or wedded — a transplanted flower —
I bless you, Margaret!
Scheme | AABCCB DDEFFE GGXAAX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10001010 10111010 110101 1110111 0110111 010101 11110101 11101 010001 01000101 0100101011 000101 11011111 1110101 010101 110011010 110001010 111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 547 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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