Analysis of A Hymn To Love
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
I will confess
With cheerfulness,
Love is a thing so likes me,
That, let her lay
On me all day,
I'll kiss the hand that strikes me.
I will not, I,
Now blubb'ring cry,
It, ah! too late repents me
That I did fall
To love at all--
Since love so much contents me.
No, no, I'll be
In fetters free;
While others they sit wringing
Their hands for pain,
I'll entertain
The wounds of love with singing.
With flowers and wine,
And cakes divine,
To strike me I will tempt thee;
Which done, no more
I'll come before
Thee and thine altars empty.
Scheme | AABCCB DDBEEB BBFGGF HHBIIB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 11 1101111 1101 1111 1101111 1111 111 1111011 1111 1111 1111101 1111 0101 1101110 1111 101 0111110 11001 0101 1111111 1111 1101 1011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 518 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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