Analysis of With Penne, Inke, And Paper To A Distressed Friend
William Strode 1602 – 1645
Here is paper, pen, and inke,
That your heart and seale may sinke
Into such markes as may expresse
A Soule much blest in heavinesse.
May your paper seeme as fayre
As yourselfe when you appeare:
May the Letters which you write
Looke like black eye-lids on white.
May your penne such fancies bring
As one new puld from Cupid's wing:
That your paper, hand, and seale
His favour, heart, and Soule may steale.
| Scheme | AABB CCDD AAEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1110101 1110111 0111111 011101 1110111 11111 1010111 1111111 1111101 1111111 1110101 1110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 401 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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