Analysis of A Purse-String
William Strode 1602 – 1645
We hugg, imprison, hang, and save,
This foe, this friend, our Lord, our slave.
While thus I hang, you threatned see
The fate of him that stealeth mee.
| Scheme | AA BB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 11010101 1111101101 1111111 0111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 155 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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