Analysis of The present; or, the bag of the bee:
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Fly to my mistress, pretty pilfering bee,
And say thou bring'st this honey-bag from me;
When on her lip thou hast thy sweet dew placed,
Mark if her tongue but slyly steal a taste;
If so, we live; if not, with mournful hum,
Toll forth my death; next, to my burial come.
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 11110101001 01111110111 1101111111 1101110101 1111111101 11111111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 271 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 203 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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