This is an analysis of Loss From The Least by Robert Herrick.

Great men by small means oft are overthrown;
He's lord of thy life, who contemns his own.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa
  • Stanza lengths: 2,
  • Metre: 1111111101 1101111001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 2