A Self Accuser

John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)



Your mistress, that you follow whores, still taxeth
you ;
'Tis strange that she should thus confess it, though 't be true.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 128
Words 23
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3

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