Analysis of Upon mrs eliz. Wheeler, under the name ofamarillis
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Sweet Amarillis, by a spring's
Soft and soul-melting murmurings,
Slept; and thus sleeping, thither flew
A Robin-red-breast; who at view,
Not seeing her at all to stir,
Brought leaves and moss to cover her:
But while he, perking, there did pry
About the arch of either eye,
The lid began to let out day,--
At which poor Robin flew away;
And seeing her not dead, but all disleaved,
He chirpt for joy, to see himself deceived.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEEF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101 101101 1011011 01011111 11001111 11011100 11110111 01011101 01011111 11110101 010011111 1111110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 420 |
Words | 79 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 325 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 76 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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