Analysis of Upon a maid
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Here she lies, in bed of spice,
Fair as Eve in paradise;
For her beauty, it was such,
Poets could not praise too much.
Virgins come, and in a ring
Her supremest REQUIEM sing;
Then depart, but see ye tread
Lightly, lightly o'er the dead.
Scheme | AABBCCDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 111010 1010111 1011111 1010001 011001 1011111 10101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 237 |
Words | 47 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 180 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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