This is an analysis of Miseries by Robert Herrick.

Though hourly comforts from the gods we see,
No life is yet life-proof from misery.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XX
  • Stanza lengths: 2,
  • Metre: 1101000111 1101110100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 2