This is an analysis of A Hymn To The Graces by Robert Herrick.

When I love, as some have told
Love I shall, when I am old,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcdeeXfXXffcd
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 1111111 1111111 1110111 1010000 1111100 01011100 11110001 1010101 1010110 1011100 10001110 110100 1111101 1011101 1010111 1110100
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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