Analysis of His Prayer To Ben Jonson
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
When I a verse shall make,
Know I have pray'd thee,
For old religion's sake,
Saint Ben to aid me.
Make the way smooth for me,
When I, thy Herrick,
Honouring thee, on my knee
Offer my lyric.
Candles I'll give to thee,
And a new altar,
And thou, Saint Ben, shalt be
Writ in my psalter.
| Scheme | ABAB BCBC BDBD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 110111 11111 110101 11111 101111 11110 11111 10110 101111 00110 011111 10110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 280 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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