This is an analysis of Man's Dying-Place Uncertain by Robert Herrick.

Man knows where first he ships himself; but he
Never can tell where shall his landing be.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa
  • Stanza lengths: 2,
  • Metre: 1111110111 1011110100
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 2