This is an analysis of His Desire by Robert Herrick.

Give me a man that is not dull,
When all the world with rifts is full;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaa
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 11011011 11010101 110001101 10010100 11010101 10010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6