Analysis of To a Lady Upon a Looking-Glass Sent
James Shirley 1596 (London) – 1666 (London)
When this crystal shall present
Your beauty to your eye,
Think that lovely face was meant
To dress another by.
For not to make them proud,
These glasses are allowed
To those are fair,
But to compare
The inward beauty with the outward grace,
And make them fair in soul as well as face.
| Scheme | ABCBDDEEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (60%) Tetractys (30%) |
| Metre | 1110110 110111 1110111 110101 111111 110101 1111 1101 0101010101 0111011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 292 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 225 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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