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.


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFFGG
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

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Anne Killigrew

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