Analysis of The bride-cake
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
This day, my Julia, thou must make
For Mistress Bride the wedding-cake:
Knead but the dough, and it will be
To paste of almonds turn'd by thee;
Or kiss it thou but once or twice,
And for the bride-cake there'll be spice.
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 11110111 11010101 11010111 11110111 11111111 010111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 223 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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