Analysis of The succession of the four sweet months
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
First, April, she with mellow showers
Opens the way for early flowers;
Then after her comes smiling May,
In a more rich and sweet array;
Next enters June, and brings us more
Gems than those two that went before;
Then, lastly, July comes, and she
More wealth brings in than all those three.
| Scheme | AABBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111010 100111010 11001101 00110101 11010111 11111101 1101101 11101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 290 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 226 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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