Analysis of Kissing usury
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Biancha, let
Me pay the debt
I owe thee for a kiss
Thou lend'st to me;
And I to thee
Will render ten for this.
If thou wilt say,
Ten will not pay
For that so rich a one;
I'll clear the sum,
If it will come
Unto a million.
He must of right,
To th' utmost mite,
Make payment for his pleasure,
(By this I guess)
Of happiness
Who has a little measure.
| Scheme | AABCCB DDEFFE GGHXXH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 1101 111101 11111 0111 110111 1111 1111 111101 1101 1111 10010 1111 11111 1101110 1111 1100 1101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 338 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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