This is an analysis of The Temper by George Herbert.
How should I praise thee, Lord! how should my rhymes
Gladly engrave thy love in steel,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dede XbXb fcfc dgdgXdcdc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 1111111111 10011101 01111101 111101 1110110111 01110101 01110101 010111 1111010101 11000101 01110111 011111 1111011111 01010101 01110001 111101 1111111111 11111101 10010111 110111 1111111101 111111110 00110011 0101010 1011010101 11111111 110111111 111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
my, sometimes, i, and, thy
Anaphora
sometimes, o, thy