This is an analysis of To His Mistress by Henry Howard.
IF he that erst the form so lively drew
Of Venus' face, triumph'd in painter's art ;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abababXX
- Stanza lengths: 8,
- Metre: 0111011101 0101100101 1101110001 1110010111 101110111 1001011001 11111111010 11011101010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: ottava rima
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 8