Analysis of The Second Epigram

Anne Killigrew 1660 (London) – 1685 (London)



On BILLINDA.
Wanton Bellinda loudly does complain,
I've chang'd my Love of late into disdain:

Calls me unconstant, cause I now adore
The chast Marcella, that lov'd her before.
Sin or Dishonour, me as well may blame,
That I repent, or do avoid a shame.


Scheme XAA BBCC
Poetic Form
Metre 11 10110101 1111110101 11111101 0101011001 11111111 1101110101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 253
Words 47
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 4
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Anne Killigrew

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