This is an analysis of To Music by Robert Herrick.

Begin to charm, and as thou strok'st mine ears
With thine enchantment, melt me into tears.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 0101111111 0101011001 11110111011 11110100010 11110001001 1111111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6