This is an analysis of Burial by Robert Herrick.

Man may want land to live in; but for all
Nature finds out some place for burial.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa
  • Stanza lengths: 2,
  • Metre: 1111010111 1011111100
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 2