Analysis of To Oenone
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
WHAT conscience, say, is it in thee,
When I a heart had one,
To take away that heart from me,
And to retain thy own?
For shame or pity now incline
To play a loving part;
Either to send me kindly thine,
Or give me back my heart.
Covet not both; but if thou dost
Resolve to part with neither,
Why, yet to show that thou art just,
Take me and mine together!
Scheme | AXAX BCBC XDXD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 11011101 110111 11011111 010111 11110101 110101 10111101 111111 10111111 0111110 11111111 1101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 380 |
Words | 75 |
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) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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