This is an analysis of To A Gentlewoman, Objecting To Him Hisgray Hairs by Robert Herrick.

Am I despised, because you say;
And I dare swear, that I am gray?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbccddeefggf
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 11010111 11111111 11011111 11011111 11110111 11110101 11001101 10101101 11111011 11010101 11010101 11111011010 0001 1111 1111110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

you, i, and