Robert Herrick
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Robert Herrick's poetry and its structure is commented on by Morrissey in Autobiography:
Robert Herrick (1591–1674) writes in what is termed ‘duple rhythm’, which is a ploy of two syllables per line – almost like two tapping feet responding to each other:
Thus I
Passe by,
And die:
As one,
Unknown,
And go.
The secrets of the female form are Robert Herrick’s poetic pleasures, and he writes repeatedly to his ‘mistress’ Julia:
Julia, when thy Herrick dies,
Close thou upon thy poet’s eyes;
And his last breath, let it be
Taken in by none but thee.
Although they who write modern pop songs could never deliver lines as strong as Robert Herrick’s, there is no one else appointed to attempt such, just as there is no one else so freely delegated.
(Morrissey cites: "Upon His Departure Hence" and "To Julia. (III)", 1891).
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Robert Herrick may refer to:
Robert Herrick (novelist) (1868–1938), American novelist Robert Herrick (poet) (1591–1674), English poet