Analysis of The Bellman
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
From noise of scare-fires rest ye free,
From murders Benedicite.
From all mischances that may fright
Your pleasing slumbers in the night :
Mercy secure ye all, and keep
The goblin from ye while ye sleep.
Past one o'clock, and almost two,
My masters all, good-day to you.
| Scheme | ABBBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110111 1101 111111 1101001 10011101 01011111 1101011 11011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 271 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 211 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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