Analysis of The maypole
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
The May-pole is up,
Now give me the cup;
I'll drink to the garlands around it;
But first unto those
Whose hands did compose
The glory of flowers that crown'd it.
A health to my girls,
Whose husbands may earls
Or lords be, granting my wishes,
And when that ye wed
To the bridal bed,
Then multiply all, like to fishes.
| Scheme | AABCCB DDXEEX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01111 11101 11101011 11101 11101 010110111 01111 11011 11110110 01111 10101 11011110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 313 |
| Words | 63 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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