This is an analysis of An Ode For Ben Jonson by Robert Herrick.

Ah Ben!
Say how or when…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaXccaa aabXddccee
  • Stanza lengths: 10,10,
  • Metre: 11 1111 1111 111101 1101 010101 111101 11110111 111101 1001100101 11 1101 1101 111100 1111 100100 111101 11011011 110101 0101011111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 20

Anaphora

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