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To Heaven by Robert Herrick: poem analysis

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This is an analysis of To Heaven by Robert Herrick.

Open thy gates
To him who weeping waits,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 1011 011101 1110 111111 1100 110111 1101 101101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

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