To My Dear Sister, Mrs. C. P. On Her Nuptial by Katherine Philips: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem To My Dear Sister, Mrs. C. P. On Her Nuptial that begins with:

We will not like those men our offerings pay
Who crown the cup, then think they crown the day. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXX XXcddbb XeeffXX Xddccgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10111111001 1101111101 1111011101 1111110101 11010101110 1101001101 1 1110111000 1001011001 1010010111 1101011101 1111001111 1100010101 1 1010110001 1111111001 1010101101 0111011111 1101011110 1101011101 1 1101010101 1110111101 1111010111 1111111111 11001101101 0101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, most are repeated.

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