Analysis of Epitaph on Mrs. Margaret Paston, of Barningham, in Norfolk
John Dryden 1631 (Aldwincle) – 1631 (London)
So fair, so young, so innocent, so sweet,
So ripe a judgment, and so rare a wit,
Require at least an age in one to meet.
In her they met; but long they could not stay,
'Twas gold too fine to fix without allay.
Heaven's image was in her so well exprest,
Her very sight upbraided all the rest;
Too justly ravished from an age like this,
Now she is gone, the world is of a piece.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110011 1101001101 1011110111 0011111111 1111110101 1010100111 0101010101 110111111 1111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 384 |
Words | 79 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 283 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 77 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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