Analysis of You Know Where You Did Despise
Alexander Pope 1688 (London) – 1744 (Twickenham)
You know where you did despise
(Tother day) my little Eyes,
Little Legs, and little Thighs,
And some things, of little Size,
You know where.
You, tis true, have fine black eyes,
Taper legs, and tempting Thighs,
Yet what more than all we prize
Is a Thing of little Size,
You know where.
Scheme | aaaaB aaaaB |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1111101 111101 1010101 0111101 111 1111111 1010101 1111111 1011101 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 293 |
Words | 55 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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