This is an analysis of His Wish To God by Robert Herrick.
I would to God, that mine old age might have
Before my last, but here a living grave;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbXccbbdd
- Stanza lengths: 12,
- Metre: 1101111111 0111110101 1111010111 111011010 0101010101 0111010100 1101101111 1101011101 1111111110 1001110101 1101001111 1011011111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
and, my
