Analysis of Want
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Want is a softer wax, that takes thereon,
This, that, and every base impression,
| Scheme | AB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101011101 1101001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 87 |
| Words | 16 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2 |
| Lines Amount | 2 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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