Analysis of To Novella
Mary Barber 1685 – 1755
An Epigram
You cry, She's bred in the Old Way;
Then into Laughter fall:
Were she as just to you, she'd say,
You are not bred at all.
| Scheme | ABCBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Cinquain (40%) |
| Metre | 110 11110011 101101 01111111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 136 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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