Analysis of Upon Parson Beanes
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Old Parson Beanes hunts six days of the week,
And on the seventh, he has his notes to seek.
Six days he hollows so much breath away
That on the seventh he can nor preach or pray.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1101111101 01010111111 1111011101 11010111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 189 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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