Analysis of Qualis vita, finis ita
John Webster 1580 (London) – 1632 (London)
Here-vnder lyes the wonder of her kinde,
The Quintessence of Nature and of Grace,
Wit, Beauty, Bounty, and (in Nobles race
The rarest Iewell) a right humble minde;
Here lyes her body, but her soule refin'd
Aboue th'impyreall, hath imperial place,
In blisse so boundlesse, as no words embrace,
Nor Art can feigne, nor mortall heart can find.
Her fame remaines a Monument of honor,
Built by her vertue gilt with purest gold,
With Lilly-flowres and Roses strewed vpon her,
Her Epitaph Urania thus enrol'd:
Mild child, chaste mayden, and religious wife:
The Euen crownes the day, Ioane Essex death her life.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010101 0010110011 1101000101 010101101 1101010101 11101001 011111101 111111111 0110100110 110111101 1101010110 010111 1111000101 01101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 610 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 473 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 102 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 16, 2023
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