Analysis of A Superscription On Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, Sent For A Token

William Strode 1602 – 1645



Whatever in Philoclea the fair
Or the discreet Pamela figur'd are,
Change but the name the virtues are your owne,
And for a fiction there a truth is knowne:
If any service here perform'd you see,
If duty and affection paynted bee
Within these leaves: may you be pleas'd to know
They only shadow what I truly owe
To your desart: thus I a glasse have sent
Which both myself and you doth represent.


Scheme ABCCDDCEFF
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 100101 1001100101 1101010111 0101010111 1101010111 110001011 0111111111 110111101 111110111 11101101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 394
Words 76
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 312
Words per stanza (avg) 74
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Strode

William Strode (c. 1602 – 1645) was an English poet, Doctor of Divinity and Public Orator of Oxford University, one of the Worthies of Devon of John Prince (d.1723). more…

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