Analysis of The fairies
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
If ye will with Mab find grace,
Set each platter in his place;
Rake the fire up, and get
Water in, ere sun be set.
Wash your pails and cleanse your dairies,
Sluts are loathsome to the fairies;
Sweep your house; Who doth not so,
Mab will pinch her by the toe.
| Scheme | AABBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111 1110011 1010101 1001111 11101110 11101010 1111111 1110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 259 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 197 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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