Analysis of Upon Prew His Maid
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
In this little Urne is laid
Prewdence Baldwin (once my maid)
From whose happy spark here let
Spring the purple violet.
| Scheme | AABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0110111 110111 1110111 1010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 126 |
| Words | 23 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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