Analysis of Upon a child
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Here a pretty baby lies
Sung asleep with lullabies;
Pray be silent, and not stir
Th' easy earth that covers her.
Scheme | AABB |
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Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain |
Metre | 1010101 101110 1110011 111011100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 117 |
Words | 23 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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