This is an analysis of Sin (I) by George Herbert.
Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round!
Parents first season us; then schoolmasters…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXabcbcbXbbbdd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1011111011 1011011100 0101011111 0101010100 1011110101 01010100110 1111000110 10110100010 10011101000 0101010011 0111011100 1011010111 1111011101 1101011101
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
us, our