Analysis of To the same Lady upon Mr. Burtons Melancholy

Henry King 1592 (Worminghall, Buckinghamshire) – 1669 (Chichester)



If in this Glass of Humours you do find
The Passions or diseases of your mind,
Here without pain, you safely may endure,
Though not to suffer, yet to read your cure.
But if you nothing meet you can apply,
Then ere you need, you have a remedy.
And I do wish you never may have cause
To be adjudg'd by these fantastick Laws;
But that this books example may be known,
By others Melancholy, not your own.


Scheme AABBCDEFGG
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 101111111 0101010111 1011110101 1111011111 1111011101 1111110100 0111110111 11011111 1111010111 110100111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 408
Words 80
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 310
Words per stanza (avg) 78
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Henry King

Henry King was an English poet who served as Bishop of Chichester. more…

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