Analysis of To the Western Wind
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
SWEET western wind, whose luck it is,
Made rival with the air,
To give Perenna's lip a kiss,
And fan her wanton hair:
Bring me but one, I'll promise thee,
Instead of common showers,
Thy wings shall be embalm'd by me,
And all beset with flowers.
Scheme | XAXA BCBC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11011111 110101 111101 010101 11111101 0111010 11110111 0101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 264 |
Words | 48 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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