Analysis of Phryne

John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)



Thy flattering picture, Phryne, is like thee,
Only in this, that you both painted be.


Scheme AA
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 1100101111 1001111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 92
Words 17
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 2
Lines Amount 2
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 66
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Donne

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