Analysis of An Epitaph On Her Self.
Anne Killigrew 1660 (London) – 1685 (London)
When I am Dead, few Friends attend my Hearse,
And for a Monument, I leave my VERSE.
Scheme | AA |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 1111110111 0101001111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 90 |
Words | 19 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 2 |
Lines Amount | 2 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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