Analysis of To Lady Firebrace
Samuel Johnson 1709 (Lichfield) – 1784 (London)
At length must Suffolk beauties shine in vain,
So long renown'd in B-n's deathless strain?
Thy charms at least, fair Firebrace, might inspire
Some zealous bard to wake the sleeping lyre:
For such thy beauteous mind and lovely face,
Thou seem'st at once, bright nymph, a
Muse and Grace
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| Scheme | AABBCDC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010101 110101111 111111101 1101110101 111110101 11111110 101 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 288 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 224 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 15, 2023
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