Analysis of To One Married to an Old Man
Edmund Waller 1606 (Coleshill) – 1687
Since thou wouldst needs,
Bewitched with some ill charms,
Be buried in those monumental arms,
All we can wish is, may that earth lie light
Upon thy tender limbs, and so goodnight.
| Scheme | ABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1111 011111 110010101 1111111111 011101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 183 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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