Analysis of Upon julia'S hair filled with dew
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Dew sate on Julia's hair,
And spangled too,
Like leaves that laden are
With trembling dew;
Or glitter'd to my sight,
As when the beams
Have their reflected light
Danced by the streams.
| Scheme | ABCBDEDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 0101 111101 11001 110111 1101 110101 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 185 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 24, 2023
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