This is an analysis of In Memory Of F.P. by Katherine Philips.
If I could ever write a lasting verse,
It should be laid, deare Sainte, upon thy herse.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaabbccXdeeXXcXffggXXXXffddffgXff
- Stanza lengths: 36,
- Metre: 0111010101 0101110111 1100111110 1011110110 1111110101 1101110101 1101010101 1011001101 110101100001 00010101011 1011011101 1101010101 0101011111 1011000101 1011011101 1101010100 1101011101 1110110110100 0110010110 11111011001 0001001111 1111110010 10011111100 011101010010 0100100110 1011010100 1111011101 0100110011 1101010111 101111111 1110110111 1101010011 1101010001 101100100 1101111101 100001101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
it, in, to, and
