Analysis of To bacchus: a canticle
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Whither dost thou hurry me,
Bacchus, being full of thee?
This way, that way, that way, this,--
Here and there a fresh Love is;
That doth like me, this doth please;
--Thus a thousand mistresses
I have now: yet I alone,
Having all, enjoy not one!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011101 1010111 1111111 1010111 1111111 1010100 1111101 1010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 246 |
Words | 49 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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