Analysis of The bag of the bee
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
About the sweet bag of a bee
Two Cupids fell at odds;
And whose the pretty prize should be
They vow'd to ask the Gods.
Which Venus hearing, thither came,
And for their boldness stript them;
And taking thence from each his flame,
With rods of myrtle whipt them.
Which done, to still their wanton cries,
When quiet grown she'd seen them,
She kiss'd and wiped their dove-like eyes,
And gave the bag between them.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EDED |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01011101 110111 01010111 111101 1101011 0111011 01011111 1111011 11111101 1101111 11011111 0101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 406 |
Words | 77 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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