This is an analysis of To Julia by Robert Herrick.

How rich and pleasing thou, my Julia, art,
In each thy dainty and peculiar part!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbXXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 1111011101 0111010101 1111111101 01001010101 0111010001 100101110 0101110111 011101100 0111110111 11010000100 1101101001 1101110100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

thy