Analysis of The Pilgrim
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
Vain folly of another age,
This wandering over earth,
To find the peace by some dark sin
Banish'd our household hearth.
On Lebanon the dark green pines
Wave over sacred ground,
And Carmel's consecrated rose
Springs from a hallow'd mound.
Glorious the truth they testify,
And blessed is their name;
But even in such a sacred spot,
Are sin and woe the same.
O pilgrim! with each toilsome step,
Vain every weary day;
There is no charm in soil or shrine,
To wash thy guilt away.
Return, with prayer and tear, return
To those who weep at home;
To dry their tears will more avail,
Than o'er a world to roam.
There's hope for one who leaves with shame,
The guilt that lured before;
Remember, He who said, 'Repent,'
Said also, 'Sin no more.'
Return, and in thy daily round
Of duty and of love,
Thou best wilt find that patient faith
Which lifts the soul above.
In ev'ry innocent prayer, each child
Lisps at his father's knee: -
If thine has been to teach that prayer,
There will be hope for thee.
There is a small white church, that stands
Beside thy father's grave,
There kneel and pour those earnest prayers,
That sanctify and save.
Around thee draw thine own home-ties,
And, with a chasten'd mind,
In meek well-doing seek that peace,
No wandering will find.
In charity and penitence,
Thy sin will be forgiven: -
Pilgrim, the heart is the true shrine,
Whence prayers ascend to Heaven.
Scheme | XXXX ABXB XCXC XDED XFXF CGXG BHXH XIXI XJXJ XKXK ALEL |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (91%) |
Metre | 11010101 1100101 11011111 101011 11000111 110101 011001 110101 10001110 01111 110010101 110101 1101111 1100101 11110111 111101 01110101 111111 11111101 1100111 11111111 011101 01011101 110111 01001101 110011 11111101 110101 01100111 111101 11111111 111111 11011111 011101 11011101 110001 01111111 010101 01110111 110011 010001 1111010 10011011 1101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,348 |
Words | 253 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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