Analysis of Upon a delaying lady
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Come, come away
Or let me go;
Must I here stay
Because you're slow,
And will continue so;
--Troth, lady, no.
I scorn to be
A slave to state;
And since I'm free,
I will not wait,
Henceforth at such a rate,
For needy fate.
If you desire
My spark should glow,
The peeping fire
You must blow;
Or I shall quickly grow
To frost, or snow.
| Scheme | ABABBB CDCDDD EBEBBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 1111 1111 0111 010101 1101 1111 0111 0111 1111 111101 1101 11010 1111 01010 111 111101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 322 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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