Analysis of Anthea'S retractation
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Anthea laugh'd, and, fearing lest excess
Might stretch the cords of civil comeliness
She with a dainty blush rebuked her face,
And call'd each line back to his rule and space.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 100101011 11011101 1101010101 0111111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 180 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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