This is an analysis of The Old Wives' Prayer by Robert Herrick.
Holy-Rood, come forth and shield
Us i' th' city and the field;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbXXcc
- Stanza lengths: 8,
- Metre: 1011111 11110101 1011111 0011111 1111110 0010101 1110111 1010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 8
Repeated words/phrases
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