Analysis of An epitaph upon a child
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Virgins promised when I died,
That they would each primrose-tide
Duly, morn and evening, come,
And with flowers dress my tomb.
--Having promised, pay your debts
Maids, and here strew violets.
Scheme | AABCDE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010111 111111 1010101 0110111 1010111 1011100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 194 |
Words | 33 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 6 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 150 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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