Analysis of Men mind no state in sickness
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
That flow of gallants which approach
To kiss thy hand from out the coach;
That fleet of lackeys which do run
Before thy swift postilion;
Those strong-hoof'd mules, which we behold
Rein'd in with purple, pearl, and gold,
And shed with silver, prove to be
The drawers of the axle-tree;
Thy wife, thy children, and the state
Of Persian looms and antique plate:
--All these, and more, shall then afford
No joy to thee, their sickly lord.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101 11111101 11110111 01111 11111101 10110101 01110111 0110101 11110001 11010011 11011101 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 430 |
Words | 79 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 336 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 77 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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