This is an analysis of The Present Time Best Pleaseth by Robert Herrick.

Praise, they that will, times past: I joy to see
Myself now live; this age best pleaseth me!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa
  • Stanza lengths: 2,
  • Metre: 1110111101 1111011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 2