845. Upon Peason. Epig
Long locks of late our zealot Peason wears,Not for to hide his high and mighty ears;No, but because he would not have it seenThat stubble stands where once large ears have been.
About this text
845. Upon Peason. 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, 845. Upon Peason. Epig, in Hesperides (1648), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #22421, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/herrick-hesperides/845-upon-peason-epig.html, id L06415.
Form and metre
845. Upon Peason. Epig is 4 lines in a single stanza. The lines average 10.0 syllables.
Measured by Laurel's pipeline, not copied from a handbook: how stress and metre are counted, how rhyme is lettered, how a drifted rhyme is found. Where the dictionary cannot confirm a rhyme the letter is withheld, not guessed.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Long locks of late our zealot Peason wears, | 10 | ····//˘··· |
| Not for to hide his high and mighty ears; | 10 | ·······/˘· |
| No, but because he would not have it seen | 10 | ·········· |
| That stubble stands where once large ears have been. | 10 | ·/˘······· |
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