Analysis of A vow to venus
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Happily I had a sight
Of my dearest dear last night;
Make her this day smile on me,
And I'll roses give to thee!
Scheme | AABB |
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Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain Tanaga |
Metre | 1001101 1110111 1011111 0110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 117 |
Words | 26 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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