This is an analysis of To Pansies by Robert Herrick.

Ah, Cruel Love! must I endure
Thy many scorns, and find no cure?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccXX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 11011101 11011111 111100100 10110101 11110101 1010111 1111111 11110110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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