Analysis of Epitaph on the Lady Whitmore
John Dryden 1631 (Aldwincle) – 1631 (London)
Fair, kind, and true, a treasure each alone,
A wife, a mistress, and a friend, in one;
Rest in this tomb, raised at thy husband's cost,
Here sadly summing, what he had, and lost.
Come, virgins, ere in equal bands ye join,
Come first and offer at her sacred shrine;
Pray but for half the virtues of this wife,
Compound for all the rest, with longer life;
And wish your vows, like hers, may be returned,
So loved when living, and, when dead, so mourned.
Scheme | ABCDEFGGHI |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1101010101 0101000101 1011111101 1101011101 1101010111 1101010101 1111010111 1011011101 0111101101 1111001111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 459 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 339 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 85 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 19, 2023
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