Analysis of Her bed
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
See'st thou that cloud as silver clear,
Plump, soft, and swelling every where?
'Tis Julia's bed, and she sleeps there.
| Scheme | ABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet |
| Metre | 111111101 110101001 11010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 124 |
| Words | 22 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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