This is an analysis of His Litany, To The Holy Spirit by Robert Herrick.
In the hour of my distress,
When temptations me oppress,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaB ccXB dddB eeeB fffB fXfB gggB cccB hhhB XiiB eeeBXcccB
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 00100101 1010101 1111101 110101 1110111 1011101 1011000 110101 1011111 1010101 1110111 110101 1010101 1111001 1011101 110101 1010101 1111101 1110101 110101 1010111 1010001 1010101 110101 1010111 1010011 1110111 110101 1010111 1110101 0110101 110101 1110101 1000111 1010101 110101 1010110 0010111 1111001 110101 1011101 1111111 1110101 110101 1010001 1110111 1011101 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
me, and
Anaphora
and
