Analysis of Life is the body'S light
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Life is the body's light; which, once declining,
Those crimson clouds i' th' cheeks and lips leave shining:-
Those counter-changed tabbies in the air,
The sun once set, all of one colour are:
So, when death comes, fresh tinctures lose their place,
And dismal darkness then doth smutch the face.
| Scheme | AABCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010111010 1101111101110 11011001 011111111 1111110111 0101011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 297 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 229 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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