Analysis of His wish to privacy
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Give me a cell
To dwell,
Where no foot hath
A path;
There will I spend,
And end,
My wearied years
In tears.
| Scheme | AABBCCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 11 1111 01 1111 01 1101 01 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 108 |
| Words | 25 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 10 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 21, 2023
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