Analysis of His desire
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Give me a man that is not dull,
When all the world with rifts is full;
But unamazed dares clearly sing,
Whenas the roof's a-tottering;
And though it falls, continues still
Tickling the Cittern with his quill.
Scheme | ABCCDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 11011111 111101 1010100 01110101 101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 211 |
Words | 39 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 6 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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