Analysis of To sir clipsby crew

Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)



Since to the country first I came,
I have lost my former flame;
And, methinks, I not inherit,
As I did, my ravish'd spirit.
If I write a verse or two,
'Tis with very much ado;
In regard I want that wine
Which should conjure up a line.
Yet, though now of Muse bereft,
I have still the manners left
For to thank you, noble sir,
For those gifts you do confer
Upon him, who only can
Be in prose a grateful man.


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFFGG
Poetic Form
Metre 11010111 1111101 0111010 1111110 1110111 1110101 0011111 1110101 1111101 1110101 1111101 1111101 0111101 1010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 401
Words 85
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 306
Words per stanza (avg) 83
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick was born in London, England, in 1591. He was apprenticed to a goldsmith (his uncle, Sir William), but went to Cambridge, at St John's, in 1613. He was ordained at Peterborough in 1623 and became chaplain to the Duke of Buckingham a few years later. "Hesperides" - a collection of 1200 lyrical poems - was published in 1648 and it remained his magnum opus. Herrick died in 1674, aged 83. more…

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