Analysis of A request to the graces
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Ponder my words, if so that any be
Known guilty here of incivility;
Let what is graceless, discomposed, and rude,
With sweetness, smoothness, softness be endued:
Teach it to blush, to curtsey, lisp, and show
Demure, but yet full of temptation, too.
Numbers ne'er tickle, or but lightly plea{e,
Unless they have some wanton carriages:--
This if ye do, each piece will here be good
And graceful made by your neat sisterhood.
| Scheme | AABBCDAEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 1011111101 1101100100 11110101 1101010101 111111101 0111110101 10110111011 0111110100 1111111111 0101111100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 421 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 328 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 72 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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