This is an analysis of The Primrose by Robert Herrick.

Ask me why I send you here
This sweet Infanta of the year?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc bbddee
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 1111111 01100001 1111101 011110001 1010011 01011101 11101011 11011101 1110101 11010111 10101010 110110010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12