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Andrew Marvell 1621 (Winestead) – 1678 (London)



Facundis dedit ille notis, interprete plumas
Insinuare sonos oculis, & pingere voces,
Et mentem chartis, oculis impertiit aurem.


Scheme AAB
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 1111011 11111 111111
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 134
Words 20
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Andrew Marvell

Andrew Marvell was an English metaphysical poet, satirist and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1678. During the Commonwealth period he was a colleague and friend of John Milton. more…

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