Analysis of Tears and laughter
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Knew'st thou one month would take thy life away,
Thou'dst weep; but laugh, should it not last a day.
Scheme | AA |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 11111111101 1111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 107 |
Words | 21 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 2 |
Lines Amount | 2 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 16, 2023
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