Analysis of Epigram - To John I Owed Great Obligation
Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721
To John I owed great obligation,
But John unhappily thought fit
To publish it to all the nation:
Sure John and I are more than quit.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11111010 11010011 110111010 11011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 138 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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