Analysis of Upon Julia's Unlacing Herself
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Tell, if thou canst, and truly, whence doth come
This camphire, storax, spikenard, galbanum,
These musks, these ambers, and those other smells
Sweet as the Vestry of the Oracles.
I'll tell thee:—while my Julia did unlace
Her silken bodice but a breathing space,
The passive air such odour then assumed
As when to Jove great Juno goes perfumed,
Whose pure immortal body doth transmit
A scent that fills both heaven and earth with it.
Scheme | AABCBDEEFF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111010111 11111 1111001101 110110100 111111011 0101010101 010111101 1111110101 1101010101 01111100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 433 |
Words | 77 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 343 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 74 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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