By Mrs. Anne Killigrew
A Facsimile Reproductionwith an IntroductionbyRichard Morton
Gainesville, FloridaScholars' Facsimiles & Reprints
Scholars' Facsimiles & ReprintsN. W. 14th AvenueGainesville, Florida 32601, U.S.A.Harry R. Warfel, General Editor
Reproduced from a Copy inand with the permission ofThe Alexander Turnbull Library
Words in this poem
- avenue n.
- A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may by reached; a way of approach or of exit. [F. avenue, fr. avenir to come to, L. advenire. See Advene.]
- harry v. i.
- To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
By Mrs. Anne Killigrew is in the public domain. This text is taken from Poems (1686), Project Gutenberg ebook #41076; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Anne Killigrew, By Mrs. Anne Killigrew, in Poems (1686) (1686), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #41076, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/killigrew-poems/by-mrs-anne-killigrew.html, id L09184.
Form and metre
By Mrs. Anne Killigrew is 13 lines in 4 stanzas. The metre is trochaic tetrameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 74%). 78% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 7.3 syllables. 6 lines end on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending. 92% of the lines run on without a stop at the line end.
See other poems in trochaic tetrameter.
Measured by Laurel's pipeline, not copied from a handbook: how stress and metre are counted, how rhyme is lettered, how a drifted rhyme is found. Where the dictionary cannot confirm a rhyme the letter is withheld, not guessed.
Rhyme words, stanza by stanza
The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.
- 1 AA-- reproductionA · introductionA · by · morton
Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. Read against trochaic tetrameter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| A Facsimile Reproduction | 9 | ·˘/˘˘·˘/˘ |
| with an Introduction | 6 | ···˘/˘ |
| by | 1 | · |
| Richard Morton | 4 | /˘/˘ |
| Gainesville, Florida | 5 | /·/˘˘ |
| Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints | 8 | /˘˘/˘˘˘/ |
| Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints | 8 | /˘˘/˘˘˘/ |
| N. W. 14th Avenue | 9 | ·/˘˘///˘· |
| Gainesville, Florida 32601, U.S.A. | 8 | /·/˘˘··· |
| Harry R. Warfel, General Editor | 11 | /˘·/˘/˘˘/˘˘ |
| Reproduced from a Copy in | 9 | ·˘/˘··/˘· |
| and with the permission of | 7 | ···˘/˘· |
| The Alexander Turnbull Library | 10 | ··˘/˘/·/·˘ |
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