Analysis of To a gentlewoman, objecting to him hisgray hairs
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Am I despised, because you say;
And I dare swear, that I am gray?
Know, Lady, you have but your day!
And time will come when you shall wear
Such frost and snow upon your hair;
And when, though long, it comes to pass,
You question with your looking-glass,
And in that sincere crystal seek
But find no rose-bud in your cheek,
Nor any bed to give the shew
Where such a rare carnation grew:-
Ah! then too late, close in your chamber keeping,
It will be told
That you are old,--
By those true tears you're weeping.
Scheme | AAABBCCDDEEFGGF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
Metre | 11010111 01111111 11011111 01111111 11010111 01111111 11011101 00101101 11111011 11011101 11010101 11111011010 1111 1111 1111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 504 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 387 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 99 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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