Analysis of Upon her eyes
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Clear are her eyes,
Like purest skies;
Discovering from thence
A baby there
That turns each sphere,
Like an Intelligence.
Scheme | AABCDE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 1101 010011 0101 1111 110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 124 |
Words | 22 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 6 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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