This is an analysis of The Widows' Tears; Or, Dirge Of Dorcas by Robert Herrick.
Come pity us, all ye who see
Our harps hung on the willow-tree;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcddc eeffggceec aXffhhijji hhkkllmggm ffggnnoaao hhjXiiXmmj bbXnbbmnnm aajjnXbnnb aaggppnlln
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
- Metre: 11011111 11110111 11011101 11111101 11011111 11010101 11111110 1101 0111 1111010 11001111 11111101 11010111 11011111 01010101 100110101 11101110 1101 1111 100110 11011101 11101100 11110101 01010101 01011101 11110001 11111110 0101 1101 1101010 11010101 110111001 11011101 10101101 11111001 0101000101 10101110 1101 0101 0111110 11011101 01111100 11010101 01011111 11110111 11111111 11111110 1101 1101 0111010 11010101 11010101 011101001 01010100 011100101 01010100 10100110 1101 11101 0101010 11110111 11000111 11011111 11000101 01110011 11001101 111000110 1001 0111 0100110 11111111 01010101 11011101 1101011 11111101 11010100 11101010 1101 1101 1101010 10110111 01110111 10010111 01000101 10111111 111101011 1110101 1101 1101 111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 90
Repeated words/phrases
and, thy, how, these
Anaphora
the, how, thy, these
