Analysis of His covenant or protestation to julia
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Why dost thou wound and break my heart,
As if we should for ever part?
Hast thou not heard an oath from me,
After a day, or two, or three,
I would come back and live with thee?
Take, if thou dost distrust that vow,
This second protestation now:--
Upon thy cheek that spangled tear,
Which sits as dew of roses there,
That tear shall scarce be dried before
I'll kiss the threshold of thy door;
Then weep not, Sweet, but thus much know,--
I'm half returned before I go.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 11111101 11111111 10011111 11110111 11110111 110101 01111101 11111101 11111101 1101111 11111111 11010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 462 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 354 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 90 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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