Analysis of To carnations: a song
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Stay while ye will, or go,
And leave no scent behind ye:
Yet trust me, I shall know
The place where I may find ye.
Within my Lucia's cheek,
(Whose livery ye wear)
Play ye at hide or seek,
I'm sure to find ye there.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 111111 0111011 111111 0111111 01111 110011 111111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 215 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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