Analysis of Epitaph upon a Child that died
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
HERE she lies, a pretty bud,
Lately made of flesh and blood:
Who as soon fell fast asleep
As her little eyes did peep.
Give her strewings, but not stir
The earth that lightly covers her.
Scheme | AABBCC |
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Poetic Form | Sestain |
Metre | 1110101 1011101 1111101 1010111 101111 01110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 194 |
Words | 38 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 6 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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