Analysis of Eternity
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
O years! and age! farewell:
Behold I go,
Where I do know
Infinity to dwell.
And these mine eyes shall see
All times, how they
Are lost i' th' sea
Of vast eternity:--
Where never moon shall sway
The stars; but she,
And night, shall be
Drown'd in one endless day.
| Scheme | ABBA CDCC DCCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11011 0111 1111 010011 011111 1111 111111 110100 110111 0111 0111 101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 260 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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