Analysis of A canticle to apollo
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Play, Phoebus, on thy lute,
And we will sit all mute;
By listening to thy lyre,
That sets all ears on fire.
Hark, hark! the God does play!
And as he leads the way
Through heaven, the very spheres,
As men, turn all to ears!
| Scheme | AAXX BBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 110111 011111 1100111 1111110 110111 011101 1100101 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 224 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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