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
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