Analysis of Delight in disorder
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
A sweet disorder in the dress
Kindles in clothes a wantonness;
A lawn about the shoulders thrown
Into a fine distraction;
An erring lace, which here and there
Enthrals the crimson stomacher;
A cuff neglectful, and thereby
Ribbons to flow confusedly;
A winning wave, deserving note,
In the tempestuous petticoat;
A careless shoe-string, in whose tie
I see a wild civility;--
Do more bewitch me, than when art
Is too precise in every part.
Scheme | AABCDDEFGGEHII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010001 10101 01010101 0101010 11011101 10101 01010011 10111 01010101 0010010 01011011 11010100 11011111 110101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 432 |
Words | 77 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 348 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 74 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 20, 2023
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