This is an analysis of Proof To No Purpose by Robert Herrick.
You see this grntle stream that glides,
Shoved on, by quick-succeeding tides:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbddeeaaff
- Stanza lengths: 16,
- Metre: 1101111 11110101 10010111 10011010 11010101 01100100 10110101 11110101 01110001 100010101 00010111 110111001 11110101 01110001 10010101 11010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 16
