Analysis of A mean in our means
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Though frankincense the deities require,
We must not give all to the hallow'd fire.
Such be our gifts, and such be our expense,
As for ourselves to leave some frankince
Scheme | AABB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 110010010 11111101010 111010111001 110011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 173 |
Words | 32 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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