Analysis of When he would have his verses read
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
In sober mornings, do not thou rehearse
The holy incantation of a verse;
But when that men have both well drunk, and fed,
Let my enchantments then be sung or read.
When laurel spirts i' th' fire, and when the hearth
Smiles to itself, and gilds the roof with mirth;
When up the Thyrse is raised, and when the sound
Of sacred orgies, flies A round, A round;
When the rose reigns, and locks with ointments shine,
Let rigid Cato read these lines of mine.
Scheme | AABBCDEEFF |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 0101011101 0100110101 1111111101 11111111 1101111100101 1101010111 1101110101 1101010101 101101111 1101011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 449 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 349 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 85 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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