Analysis of To silvia to wed
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Let us, though late, at last, my Silvia, wed;
And loving lie in one devoted bed.
Thy watch may stand, my minutes fly post haste;
No sound calls back the year that once is past.
Then, sweetest Silvia, let's no longer stay;
True love, we know, precipitates delay.
Away with doubts, all scruples hence remove!
No man, at one time, can be wise, and love.
| Scheme | AABCDDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111111001 0101010101 1111110111 1111011111 11010011101 1111101 0111110101 1111111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 351 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 264 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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