This is an analysis of Whitsunday by George Herbert.
Listen sweet Dove unto my song,
And spread thy golden wings in me;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef dgdg gcgc dhdh igig
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 10111011 11110101 10110111 1011110101 1011011010 11010111 110110010 1011011101 110011101 11010101 01010101 0111110111 01110101 11011111 11101111 1001011101 11110111 11010011 01110101 0110011111 11011101 10011101 100101001 0101111101 11111101 01110111 01011111 10010101001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28