This is an analysis of A Christmas Carol, Sung To The King In The Presence At White-Hall by Robert Herrick.
Chorus.
What sweeter music can we bring,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bbbbbcc b Xddd Xdee Xffff Xddggg ahhh Xiii Xjj aggbX
- Stanza lengths: 1,7,1,4,4,5,6,4,4,3,5,
- Metre: 10 11010111 1010101 010011001 01010101 111111001 010101010 10100010 001011001 11 11111101 11010001 11010101 11 01110101 011100111 110011101 11 11010101 11010101 11100111 11010 11 111 01111100 11011101 11110101 01010101 10 11111111 100111010 110101010 11 01000101 11001101 0101 11 0101 01011001 10 11011101 01010101 01110111 11010100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
awake, and, this
