Analysis of To heaven
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Open thy gates
To him who weeping waits,
And might come in,
But that held back by sin.
Let mercy be
So kind, to set me free,
And I will straight
Come in, or force the gate.
Scheme | AABBCCDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011 111101 0110 111111 1101 111111 0111 101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 173 |
Words | 39 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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