Analysis of The funeral rites of the rose
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
The Rose was sick, and smiling died;
And, being to be sanctified,
About the bed, there sighing stood
The sweet and flowery sisterhood.
Some hung the head, while some did bring,
To wash her, water from the spring;
Some laid her forth, while others wept,
But all a solemn fast there kept.
The holy sisters some among,
The sacred dirge and trental sung;
But ah! what sweets smelt everywhere,
As heaven had spent all perfumes there!
At last, when prayers for the dead,
And rites, were all accomplished,
They, weeping, spread a lawny loom,
And closed her up as in a tomb.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFGHII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110101 010111 01011101 010100100 11011111 11010101 11011101 11010111 01010101 0101011 1111110 110111011 1111101 0101010 1101011 01011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 560 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 439 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 103 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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