Analysis of Epitaph - On Himself
Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721
Nobles and Heralds, by your leave!
Here lie the bones of Matthew Prior;
A son of Adam and Eve:
Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 10010111 110111010 0111001 110110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 132 |
| Words | 27 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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