199. Upon Luggs. Epig
Luggs, by the condemnation of the Bench,Was lately whipt for lying with a wench.Thus pains and pleasures turn by turn succeed:He smarts at last who does not first take heed.
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199. Upon Luggs. Epig is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2, Project Gutenberg ebook #22421; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Robert Herrick, 199. Upon Luggs. Epig, in Hesperides (1648), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #22421, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/herrick-hesperides/199-upon-luggs-epig.html, id L06308.
Form and metre
199. Upon Luggs. Epig is 4 lines in a single stanza. It is in rhyming couplets. The lines average 10.0 syllables.
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Rhyme words, stanza by stanza
The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.
- 1 AABB benchA · wenchA · succeedB · heedB
Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| Luggs, by the condemnation of the Bench, | 10 | ····˘/˘··· |
| Was lately whipt for lying with a wench. | 10 | ·/˘··/˘··· |
| Thus pains and pleasures turn by turn succeed: | 10 | ···/˘···˘/ |
| He smarts at last who does not first take heed. | 10 | ·········· |
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