Analysis of Upon Julia's Clothes
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Whenas inn silks my Julia goes,
Then, then, methinks, how sweetly flows
That liquefaction of her clothes.
Next, when I cast mine eyes and see
That brave vibration each way free ;
O how that glittering taketh me !
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101 1111101 1010101 11111101 11010111 111100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 215 |
Words | 39 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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