Analysis of Good precepts, or counsel
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
In all thy need, be thou possest
Still with a well prepared breast;
Nor let the shackles make thee sad;
Thou canst but have what others had.
And this for comfort thou must know,
Times that are ill won't still be so:
Clouds will not ever pour down rain;
A sullen day will clear again.
First, peals of thunder we must hear;
When lutes and harps shall stroke the ear.
Scheme | AAAABBCDEE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 0111111 1101011 11010111 11111101 01110111 11111111 11110111 01011101 11110111 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 363 |
Words | 72 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 283 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 70 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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