Analysis of Be My Mistress Short or Tall
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Be my mistress short or tall
And distorted therewithall
Be she likewise one of those
That an acre hath of nose
Be her teeth ill hung or set
And her grinders black as jet
Be her cheeks so shallow too
As to show her tongue wag through
Hath she thin hair, hath she none
She's to me a paragon.
| Scheme | AABBCCDDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) |
| Metre | 1110111 00101 111111 1110111 1011111 0010111 1011101 1110111 1111111 111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 297 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 228 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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