Analysis of Love lightly pleased
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Let fair or foul my mistress be,
Or low, or tall, she pleaseth me;
Or let her walk, or stand, or sit,
The posture her's, I'm pleased with it;
Or let her tongue be still, or stir
Graceful is every thing from her;
Or let her grant, or else deny,
My love will fit each history.
| Scheme | AABBCCDA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101 1111111 11011111 01011111 11011111 101100110 11011101 11111100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 275 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 203 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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