Analysis of To music
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Begin to charm, and as thou strok'st mine ears
With thine enchantment, melt me into tears.
Then let thy active hand scud o'er thy lyre,
And make my spirits frantic with the fire;
That done, sink down into a silvery strain,
And make me smooth as balm and oil again.
| Scheme | ABCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111011111 1101011011 11110111011 01110101010 11110101001 0111110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 267 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 205 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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