Analysis of A hymn to the graces
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
When I love, as some have told
Love I shall, when I am old,
O ye Graces! make me fit
For the welcoming of it!
Clean my rooms, as temples be,
To entertain that deity;
Give me words wherewith to woo,
Suppling and successful too;
Winning postures; and withal,
Manners each way musical;
Sweetness to allay my sour
And unsmooth behaviour:
For I know you have the skill
Vines to prune, though not to kill;
And of any wood ye see,
You can make a Mercury.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111 1111111 1110111 1010011 1111101 1011100 111111 100101 101001 1011100 10101110 011 1111101 1111111 0110111 1110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 441 |
Words | 88 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 344 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 87 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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