Analysis of To his saviour, a child;a present, by a child
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Go, pretty child, and bear this flower
Unto thy little Saviour;
And tell him, by that bud now blown,
He is the Rose of Sharon known.
When thou hast said so, stick it there
Upon his bib or stomacher;
And tell him, for good handsel too,
That thou hast brought a whistle new,
Made of a clean straight oaten reed,
To charm his cries at time of need;
Tell him, for coral, thou hast none,
But if thou hadst, he should have one;
But poor thou art, and known to be
Even as moneyless as he.
Lastly, if thou canst win a kiss
From those melifluous lips of his;--
Then never take a second on,
To spoil the first impression.
Scheme | AABBCADDEEFFGGHIJF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101110 101101 01111111 11011101 11111111 011111 0111111 11110101 1101111 11111111 11110111 11111111 11110111 10110011 10111101 111111 11010101 1101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 602 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 466 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 120 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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