This is an analysis of The Dirge Of Jephthah's Daughter:Sung By The Virgins by Robert Herrick.
O thou, the wonder of all days!
O paragon, and pearl of praise!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddXXee ffeebb gXbbgg hhiija eeeeff aaddhX Xaddcc ddaakk ggllmm jjjjbb XXnnhhXaaeeee
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Metre: 11010011 11011101 11010101 0101 01010111 11110011 11111101 11011001 11111110 0100 11010101 01001111 11001111 01010101 01010101 0011 11110111 01110100 11110101 11111100 01011101 1101 01011101 11010111 11010101 01011101 11010111 1011 10010011 01111001 110100101 11010111 11110111 1011 11111101 111011001 01101111 010100011 01110101 0101 01010111 11010100 01110111 11010111 111001101 0101 11100001 11110111 11111111 111011101 11110100 1101 11010111 10111001 11110100 10010101 111111111 1011 11011101 01110111 10111101 11011101 11111101 1101 111100111 01110100 11111111 0101110 1100111110 01110 111111001 11010100 111111010 110111010 11011101 1011 01110101 11110011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 13
- Lines: 78
Repeated words/phrases
o, thus, and, of, receive, these, we, no, more
Anaphora
o, and, receive, these
