This is an analysis of The Apron Of Flowers by Robert Herrick.
To gather flowers, Sappha went,
And homeward she did bring…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX dXXX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 01010101 110101 01010100 0100001 11011101 110101 11110101 11100 01011101 110101 11011101 010100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12