This is an analysis of The Wounded Cupid by Robert Herrick.

Cupid as he lay among
Roses, by a Bee was stung.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaabbbbccXcdd
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 1011101 1010111 10101010 00101110 11111010 11110111 1100101 0111101 11010101 11111001 11010101 01111100 10010010 11111101 01110011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15