Analysis of To his mistress, objecting to him neither toying or talking
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
You say I love not, 'cause I do not play
Still with your curls, and kiss the time away.
You blame me, too, because I can't devise
Some sport, to please those babies in your eyes; -
By Love's religion, I must here confess it,
The most I love, when I the least express it.
Small griefs find tongues; full casks are ever found
To give, if any, yet but little sound.
Deep waters noisless are; and this we know,
That chiding streams betray small depth below.
So when love speechless is, she doth express
A depth in love, and that depth bottomless.
Now, since my love is tongueless, know me such,
Who speak but little, 'cause I love so much.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111111 1111010101 1111011101 1111110011 11010111011 01111101011 1111111101 1111011101 110110111 1101011101 1111011101 0101011100 111111111 1111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 631 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 484 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 121 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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