Analysis of To silvia
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Pardon my trespass, Silvia! I confess
My kiss out-went the bounds of shamefacedness:--
None is discreet at all times; no, not Jove
Himself, at one time, can be wise and love.
Scheme | AABB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1011100101 11110111 1101111111 0111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 180 |
Words | 34 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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