Analysis of Out Of The Anthologie

Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657



OUT OF THE ANTHOLOGIE.

IN AN ENGLISH DISTICK.

A fool, much bit by fleas, put out the light;
You shall not see me now (quoth he); good night.


Scheme X X AA
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 01101 0111111101 1111111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 157
Words 30
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 2
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 35
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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