Analysis of The Recantation: To The Same Lady
Mary Barber 1685 – 1755
For give me, fair One, nor resent
The Lines to you I lately sent.
They seem, as if your Form you priz'd,
And ev'ry other Gift despis'd:
When a discerning Eye may find,
Your greatest Beauty's in your Mind.
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 11111101 01111101 11111111 0110101 10010111 1101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 207 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 154 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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