Analysis of Deliverance from a Fit of Fainting
Anne Bradstreet 1612 (Northampton) – 1672 (Andover)
Worthy art Thou, O Lord, of praise,
But ah! It's not in me.
My sinking heart I pray Thee raise
So shall I give it Thee.
My life as spider's webb's cut off,
Thus fainting have I said,
And living man no more shall see
But be in silence laid.
My feeble spirit Thou didst revive,
My doubting Thou didst chide,
And though as dead mad'st me alive,
I here a while might 'bide.
Why should I live but to Thy praise?
My life is hid with Thee.
O Lord, no longer be my days
Than I may fruitful be.
Scheme | ABAB XXBX CDCD ABAB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 10111111 111101 11011111 111111 1111111 110111 01011111 110101 110101101 110111 011111101 110111 11111111 111111 11110111 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 490 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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