Analysis of To his book
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Make haste away, and let one be
A friendly patron unto thee;
Lest, rapt from hence, I see thee lie
Torn for the use of pastery;
Or see thy injured leaves serve well
To make loose gowns for mackarel;
Or see the grocers, in a trice,
Make hoods of thee to serve out spice.
| Scheme | AABCDBEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010111 01010101 11111111 110111 11110111 111111 11010001 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 270 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 207 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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