Analysis of The Young Destructive
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
In truth, I do not wonder
To see them scatter’d round;
So many leaves of knowledge—
Some fruit must sure be found.
The Eton Latin Grammar
Has now its verbs declin’d;
And those of Lindley Murray
Are not so far behind.
Oh! days of bread and water—
How many I recall,
Past—sent into the corner;
Your face towards the wall.
Oh! boundaries of Europe!
Oh! rivers great and small!
Oh! islands, gulfs, and capitals!
How I abhorr'd ye all!
And then those dreadful tables
Of shillings, pence, and pounds!
Though I own their greater trouble
In after life abounds.
’Tis strange how memory lingers
About those early hours;
And we talk of happy childhood,
As if such had been ours.
But distance lends enchantment
To all we suffer’d then;
Thank Heaven, that I never
Can be a child again!
Scheme | ABXB ABXX ACAC XCDC DEXE FFXF XGAG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (86%) |
Metre | 0111110 11111 1101110 111111 0101010 11111 0111010 111101 1111010 11011 1101010 110101 1100110 110101 11010100 110111 0111010 110101 11111010 010101 11110010 0111010 0111101 1111110 1101010 11111 1101110 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 836 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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