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,…
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