Analysis of A Farewel To Worldly Joys
Anne Killigrew 1660 (London) – 1685 (London)
FArewel ye Unsubstantial Joyes,
Ye Gilded Nothings, Gaudy Toyes,
Too long ye have my Soul misled,
Too long with Aiery Diet fed:
But now my Heart ye shall no more
Deceive, as you have heretofore:
For when I hear such Sirens sing,
Like Ithaca's fore-warned King,
With prudent Resolution I
Will so my Will and Fancy tye,
That stronger to the Mast not he,
Than I to Reason bound will be:
And though your Witchcrafts strike my Ear,
Unhurt, like him, your Charms I'll hear.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 11010101 11111101 1111101 11111111 0111101 11111101 1100111 1100101 11110101 11010111 11110111 0111111 01111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 472 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 364 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 85 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
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