Analysis of Loss from the least
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Great men by small means oft are overthrown;
He's lord of thy life, who contemns his own.
Scheme | AA |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 111111101 111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 96 |
Words | 19 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 2 |
Lines Amount | 2 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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