Analysis of A Sailor's Wife
Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721
Quoth Richard in jest looking wistly at Nelly,
Methinks child you seem something round in the belly.
Nell answer'd him snappishly, how can that be,
When my husband has been more than two years at sea?
Thy husband! quoth Dick, why that matter was carried
Most secretly, Nell; I ne'er thought thou wert married.
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| Metre | 11001101110 11111010010 110111111 111011111111 110111110110 110011111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 304 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 244 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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