Analysis of To Marguerite
Ellis Parker Butler 1869 (Muscatine) – 1937 (Williamsville)
So great my debt to thee, I know my life
Is all too short to pay the least I owe,
And though I live it all in that sweet strife,
Still shall I be insolvent when I go.
Bid, then, thy Bailiff Cupid come to me
And bind and lead me wheresoe’er thou art,
And let me live in sweet captivity
Within the debtor’s prison of thy heart.
| Scheme | ABABCDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
| Metre | 1111111111 1111110111 0111110111 1111010111 1111010111 01011111 0111010100 0101010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 330 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 248 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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