Analysis of An Ode to Master Endymion Porter, Upon His Brother's Death
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Not all thy flushing suns are set,
Herrick, as yet ;
Nor doth this far-drawn hemisphere
Frown and look sullen ev'rywhere.
Days may conclude in nights, and suns may rest
As dead within the west ;
Yet, the next morn, regild the fragrant east.
Alas ! for me, that I have lost
E'en all almost ;
Sunk is my sight, set is my sun,
And all the loom of life undone :
The staff, the elm, the prop, the shelt'ring wall
Whereon my vine did crawl,
Now, now blown down ; needs must the old stock fall.
Yet, Porter, while thou keep'st alive,
In death I thrive :
And like a phoenix re-aspire
From out my nard and fun'ral fire ;
And as I prune my feathered youth, so I
Do mar'l how I could die
When I had thee, my chief preserver, by.
I'm up, I'm up, and bless that hand
Which makes me stand
Now as I do, and but for thee
I must confess I could not be.
The debt is paid ; for he who doth resign
Thanks to the gen'rous vine
Invites fresh grapes to fill his press with wine.
Scheme | AABBCCX XXDDEEE FFXXGGG HHIIJJJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 1011 1111110 101101 1101010111 110101 101110101 01111111 1111 11111111 01011101 010101011 11111 1111110111 110111101 0111 01010101 11110110 0111110111 1111111 1111110101 11110111 1111 11110111 11011111 0111111101 11011 0111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 936 |
Words | 188 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 178 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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