Analysis of Of love: a sonnet
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
How Love came in, I do not know,
Whether by th'eye, or ear, or no;
Or whether with the soul it came,
At first, infused with the same;
Whether in part 'tis here or there,
Or, like the soul, whole every where.
This troubles me; but I as well
As any other, this can tell;
That when from hence she does depart,
The outlet then is from the heart.
| Scheme | AABBCCDDEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 11101111 1011111111 11010111 1101101 10011111 110111001 11011111 11010111 11111101 0111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 340 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 254 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 69 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 27, 2023
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