This is an analysis of The Bride-Cake by Robert Herrick.

This day, my Julia, thou must make
For Mistress Bride the wedding-cake:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 01110111 11010101 11011000 01010111 11011111 110111001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6