Analysis of Written at an Inn at Henley
William Shenstone 1714 (Halesowen) – 1763 (Halesowen)
To thee, fair Freedom! I retire,
From flattery, cards, and dice, and din;
Nor art thou found in mansions higher
Than the low cot, or humble inn.
'Tis here with boundless power I reign,
And every health which I begin,
Converts dull port to bright champagne;
Such Freedom crowns it, at an inn.
I fly from pomp, I fly from plate,
I fly from Falsehood's specious grin;
Freedom I love, and form I hate,
And choose my lodgings, at an inn.
Here, waiter! take my sordid ore,
Which lackeys else might hope to win;
It buys what courts have not in store,
It buys me Freedom, at an inn.
Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round,
Where'er his stages may have been,
May sigh to think he still has found
The warmest welcome -- at an inn.
Scheme | XAXA BABA CACA DADA EAEA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11110101 110010101 111101010 10111101 111101011 010011101 10111101 11011111 11111111 1111101 10110111 01110111 11011101 11011111 11111101 11110111 1110111 10110111 11111111 01010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 729 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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