Analysis of Hero and Leander
John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)
Both robb'd of air, we both lie in one ground ;
Both whom one fire had burnt, one water drown'd
Scheme | AA |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 1111111011 11110111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 102 |
Words | 21 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 2 |
Lines Amount | 2 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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