Analysis of To His Honoured and Most Ingenious Friend Mr. Charles Cotton
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
For brave comportment, wit without offence,
Words fully flowing, yet of influence:
Thou art that man of men, the man alone,
Worthy the public admiration:
Who with thine own eyes read'st what we do write,
And giv'st our numbers euphony, and weight.
Tell'st when a verse springs high, how understood
To be, or not born of the Royal blood.
What state above, what symmetry below,
Lines have, or should have, thou the best canst show.
For which (my Charles) it is my pride to be,
Not so much known, as to be loved by thee.
Long may I live so, and my wreath of bays,
Be less another's laurel, than thy praise.
| Scheme | AABCDEFGHHIIAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101011 1101011100 1111110101 10010010 11111111111 01101010001 1110111101 1111110101 1101110001 1111110111 1111111111 1111111111 1111101111 1101010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 611 |
| Words | 114 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 461 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 112 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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