This is an analysis of Matins, Or Morning Prayer by Robert Herrick.
When with the virgin morning thou dost rise,
Crossing thyself come thus to sacrifice;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xabbaacc
- Stanza lengths: 8,
- Metre: 1001010111 1010110101 1111010011 11110111001 1001010111 1111010101 1101010101 1111001101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 8
Repeated words/phrases
pure, thy
