Analysis of The Power of Words
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
'Tis a strange mystery, the power of words!
Life is in them, and death. A word can send
The crimson colour hurrying to the cheek.
Hurrying with many meanings; or can turn
The current cold and deadly to the heart.
Anger and fear are in them; grief and joy
Are on their sound; yet slight, impalpable:--
A word is but a breath of passing air.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110001011 1101010111 0101100101 10011010111 0101010101 1001101101 1111111 0111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 348 |
Words | 68 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 260 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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