This is an analysis of Qualis Vita, Finis Ita by John Webster.

Here-vnder lyes the wonder of her kinde,
The Quintessence of Nature and of Grace,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXbaabcbcXdd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 111010001 0010010101 1101010101 0101001101 1101010101 1100101001 0111011101 1111110111 011000100010 110110101 010101101010 01011001100 1111010101 011001110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

of, her

Anadiplosis

her