This is an analysis of The Argument Of His Book by Robert Herrick.

THE ARGUMENT OF HIS BOOK
I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaabbbXbbccddee
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 0100001 11010101110 01010110110 1101111101 01001101101 1101011111 1101010100 1101011111 0101011100 1101110111 1101111101 1101010111 0101100101 1101111101 01011010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

of, and, i