Analysis of To His Grace The Duke Of Chandos.
Mary Barber 1685 – 1755
Were Princes grac'd with Souls like thine,
Princes had still been deem'd divine.
Such Merit as we find in thee,
First introduc'd Idolatry;
When an excelling Form and Mind,
Delighting, had misled Mankind;
Inspiring with an awful Sense
Of infinite Beneficence.
Were Kings elective, Realms would sue,
Contending to be sway'd by you.
Yet, tho' no regal Throne is thine,
Thou hast no Reason to repine;
Since Heav'n, that gave the Monarch's Heart,
Bestow'd thee far the nobler Part.
Scheme | AABBCCXX DDAAEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011111 10111101 11011101 1010100 11010101 01010111 01011101 11000100 01010111 01011111 11110111 1111011 1111011 01110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 471 |
Words | 81 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 187 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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