Analysis of Dirge of the Three Queens
William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)
URNS and odours bring away!
Vapours, sighs, darken the day!
Our dole more deadly looks than dying;
Balms and gums and heavy cheers,
Sacred vials fill'd with tears,
And clamours through the wild air flying!
Come, all sad and solemn shows,
That are quick-eyed Pleasure's foes!
We convent naught else but woes.
| Scheme | AABXXB CCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101101 111001 1011101110 1010101 1010111 01101110 1110101 111111 1101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 333 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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