Analysis of To Mistress Margery Wentworth
John Skelton 1460 (Norfolk) – 1529 (London)
WITH margerain gentle,
The flower of goodlihead,
Embroidered the mantle
Is of your maidenhead.
Plainly I cannot glose;
Ye be, as I divine,
The pretty primrose,
The goodly columbine.
Benign, courteous, and meek,
With wordes well devised;
In you, who list to seek,
Be virtues well comprised.
With margerain gentle,
The flower of goodlihead,
Embroidered the mantle
Is of your maidenhead.
| Scheme | ABABcdcd ebebABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110 01011 010010 1111 101101 111101 0101 01010 0110001 11101 011111 110101 1110 01011 010010 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 416 |
| Words | 63 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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