Analysis of The ceremonies for candlemas day
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Kindle the Christmas brand, and then
Till sunset let it burn;
Which quench'd, then lay it up again,
Till Christmas next return.
Part must be kept, wherewith to teend
The Christmas log next year;
And where 'tis safely kept, the fiend
Can do no mischief there.
| Scheme | ABAB CXCX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 10010101 11111 11111101 110101 1111111 010111 01110101 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 259 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 07, 2023
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