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A Study Guide for Robert Herrick's "The Night Piece: To Julia," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
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A Study Guide for Robert Herrick's "The Night Piece - Gale
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The Night Piece: To Julia
Robert Herrick
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Introduction
Robert Herrick's The Night Piece: To Julia
is a twenty-line lyric poem in which the speaker addresses a woman he desires, imploring her to visit him at night for a love tryst. In the poem, he assures her of the safety of the walk through country fields she would take to reach him. On the surface it is a witty, unassumingly innocent, even childlike song of seduction graced by dainty metrics and musical rhyme, qualities that inform all Herrick's lyrics. The Night Piece: To Julia
also suggests a spell woven by the poet to ensure not only the physical safety of his mistress on her walk to his quarters but also her moral or spiritual
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