Analysis of Orpheus
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Orpheus he went, as poets tell,
To fetch Eurydice from hell;
And had her, but it was upon
This short, but strict condition;
Backward he should not look, while he
Led her through hell's obscurity.
But ah! it happen'd, as he made
His passage through that dreadful shade,
Revolve he did his loving eye,
For gentle fear or jealousy;
And looking back, that look did sever
Him and Eurydice for ever.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100111101 11111 01011101 1111010 10111111 10110100 11110111 11011101 01111101 11011100 010111110 101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 391 |
Words | 73 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 306 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 72 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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