Analysis of On A Gentlewoman That Had Had The Small Poxe
William Strode 1602 – 1645
A Beauty smoother than the Ivory playne
Late by the Poxe injuriously was slayne:
Twas not the Poxe: Love shott a thousand darts,
And made those pitts for graves to bury hearts:
But since that Beauty hath regaynde her light,
Those hearts are double slayne, it shines so bright.
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 01010101001 1101111 1101110101 0111111101 111101101 1111011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 279 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 221 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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