Analysis of To daisies, not to shut so soon
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Shut not so soon; the dull-eyed night
Has not as yet begun
To make a seizure on the light,
Or to seal up the sun.
No marigolds yet closed are,
No shadows great appear;
Nor doth the early shepherds' star
Shine like a spangle here.
Stay but till my Julia close
Her life-begetting eye;
And let the whole world then dispose
Itself to live or die.
| Scheme | ABAB CXCX XDXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 11110111 111101 11010101 111101 110111 11101 11010101 110101 1111101 010101 01011101 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 339 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 29, 2023
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