This is an analysis of To His Verses by Robert Herrick.

What will ye, my poor orphans, do,
When I must leave the world and you;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcccXXbXaadd
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 10111101 11110111 111101001 11011111 11111101 11110101 01010110 11010110 11010100 10011111 01110100 11010111 11010001 01010011 11111100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

ye