This is an analysis of To Carnations: A Song by Robert Herrick.

Stay while ye will, or go,
And leave no scent behind ye:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 111011 1111011 111111 0111111 011101 110011 111111 010111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

ye