This is an analysis of His Last Request To Julia by Robert Herrick.

I have been wanton, and too bold, I fear,
To chafe o'er-much the virgin's cheek or ear;--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 1101011111 01101010111 1111010111 1001110101 1111010101 11010111001 1111011101 1101111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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