Analysis of Four things make us happy here
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Health is the first good lent to men;
A gentle disposition then:
Next, to be rich by no by-ways;
Lastly, with friends t' enjoy our days.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 11011111 0100101 11111111 1011101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 141 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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