Analysis of His poetry his pillar
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Only a little more
I have to write:
Then I'll give o'er,
And bid the world good-night.
'Tis but a flying minute,
That I must stay,
Or linger in it:
And then I must away.
O Time, that cut'st down all,
And scarce leav'st here
Memorial
Of any men that were;
--How many lie forgot
In vaults beneath,
And piece-meal rot
Without a fame in death?
Behold this living stone
I rear for me,
Ne'er to be thrown
Down, envious Time, by thee.
Pillars let some set up
If so they please;
Here is my hope,
And my Pyramides.
Scheme | XABA XCXC XXXB DXDX EFEF XGXG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 100101 1111 11110 010111 1101010 1111 11001 011101 1111111 0111 0100 110110 110101 0101 0111 010101 011101 1111 1111 1100111 101111 1111 1111 011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 490 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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