734. Upon the Roses in Julia's Bosom
Thrice happy roses, so much grac'd to haveWithin the bosom of my love your grave.Die when ye will, your sepulchre is known,Your grave her bosom is, the lawn the stone.
Words in this poem
- sepulchre n.
- The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb. [OE. sepulcre, OF. sepulcre, F. sépulcre, fr. L. sepulcrum, sepulchrum, fr. sepelire to bury.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
734. Upon the Roses in Julia's Bosom 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, 734. Upon the Roses in Julia's Bosom, in Hesperides (1648), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #22421, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/herrick-hesperides/734-upon-the-roses-in-julia-s-bosom.html, id L05676.
Form and metre
734. Upon the Roses in Julia's Bosom is 4 lines in a single stanza. It is in rhyming couplets. The lines average 9.8 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 haveA · graveA · knownB · stoneB
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Thrice happy roses, so much grac'd to have | 10 | ·/˘/˘····· |
| Within the bosom of my love your grave. | 10 | ···/˘····· |
| Die when ye will, your sepulchre is known, | 9 | ········· |
| Your grave her bosom is, the lawn the stone. | 10 | ···/˘····· |
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