Analysis of Lines To W. L. While He Sang A Song To Purcell's Music
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 (Ottery St Mary) – 1834 (Highgate)
While my young cheek retains its healthful hues,
And I have many friends who hold me dear;
L----! methinks, I would not often hear
Such melodies as thine, lest I should lose
All memory of the wrongs and sore distress,
For which my miserable brethren weep!
But should uncomforted misfortunes steep
My daily bread in tears and bitterness;
And if at death's dread moment I should lie,
With no beloved face at my bed-side,
To fix the last glance of my closing-eye,
Methinks, such strains, breathed by my angel-guide,
Would make me pass the cup of anguish by,
Mix with the blest, nor know that I had died!
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Metre | 1111011101 0111011111 11111101 1100111111 11001010101 1111000101 1110101 1101010100 0111110111 110111111 1101111101 111111101 1111011101 1101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 596 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 468 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 108 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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