This is an analysis of Ceremonies For Candlemas Eve by Robert Herrick.
Down with the rosemary and bays,
Down with the misletoe;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXab cdcd ebeb fgfX Xaeegg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,6,
- Metre: 10011011 10010 01010111 010111 01011101 111101 01010101 110101 11011111 110001 11010101 100101 11011110 1101001 10011101 010100 11011101 010101 10110100 010101 1111110111 1101110111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 22
Anaphora
down, the
