Analysis of To his sweet saviour
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Night hath no wings to him that cannot sleep;
And Time seems then not for to fly, but creep;
Slowly her chariot drives, as if that she
Had broke her wheel, or crack'd her axletree.
Just so it is with me, who list'ning, pray
The winds to blow the tedious night away,
That I might see the cheerful peeping day.
Sick is my heart; O Saviour! do Thou please
To make my bed soft in my sicknesses;
Lighten my candle, so that I beneath
Sleep not for ever in the vaults of death;
Let me thy voice betimes i' th' morning hear;
Call, and I'll come; say Thou the when and where:
Draw me but first, and after Thee I'll run,
And make no one stop till my race be done.
Scheme | AABCCDDEEFGCCHH |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111111101 0111111111 10010011111 11011101 1111111111 01110100101 1111010101 111111111 11111011 1011011101 1111000111 11111111101 1011110101 1111010111 0111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 648 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 495 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 132 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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