Analysis of Epigram - On Players And Ballad-Singers
Francis Quarles 1592 (Romford) – 1644
They're like the Priest and Clerk at Belial's altar;
One makes the Sermon; t'other tunes the Psalter.
| Scheme | AA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 1101011110 110101101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 108 |
| Words | 19 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2 |
| Lines Amount | 2 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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