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 |
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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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