Analysis of Pyramus and Thisbe
John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)
Two, by themselves, each other, love and fear,
Slain, cruel friends, by parting have join'd here.
| Scheme | AB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110101 1101110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 104 |
| Words | 18 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2 |
| Lines Amount | 2 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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