Analysis of On Bishop Atterbury's Burying The Duke Of Buckingham, 1721
Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721
I have no hopes, the Duke he says, and dies.
In sure and certain hopes - the prelate cries:
Of these two learned peers, I pr'ythee say, man,
Who is the lying knave, the priest or layman?
The Duke he stands an infidel confess'd:
He's our dear brother, quoth the lordly priest.
The Duke, though knave, still brother dear he cries
And who can say the reverend Prelate lies?
| Scheme | AABCDEAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111011101 0101010101 111111111 11010101110 011111001 1101101011 0111110111 01110100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 371 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 283 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 69 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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