Analysis of The watch
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Man is a watch, wound up at first, but never
Wound up again; Once down, he's down for ever.
The watch once down, all motions then do cease;
The man's pulse stopt, all passions sleep in peace.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11011111110 11011111110 0111110111 0111110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 196 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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