Analysis of An Epitaph on Niobe turned to Stone
Henry King 1592 (Worminghall, Buckinghamshire) – 1669 (Chichester)
This Pile thou seest built out of Flesh, not Stone,
Contains no shroud within, nor mouldring bone:
This bloodless Trunk is destitute of Tombe
Which may the Soul-fled Mansion enwombe.
This seeming Sepulchre (to tell the troth)
Is neither Tomb nor Body, and yet both.
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 1111111111 011101111 110111011 11011101 11011101 1101110011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 273 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 211 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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