Analysis of Epitaph On Mr. Bridgeman
William Strode 1602 – 1645
One pitt containes him now that could not dye
Before a thousand pitts in him did lye;
Soe many spotts upon his flesh were shewne
'Cause on his soule sinne fastned almost none.
Scheme | AABB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 111111111 0101010111 1101011101 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 180 |
Words | 35 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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