This is an analysis of A Lyric To Mirth by Robert Herrick.
While the milder fates consent,
Let's enjoy our merriment :…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccddeeXX
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1010101 1011100 1111111 1110111 1010001 1111111 1110101 1011101 1100001 1011101 11010111 1011101 1110110 1011111
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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