This is an analysis of To Perenna by Robert Herrick.

When I thy parts run o'er, I can't espy
In any one, the least indecency;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 11111101110 0101010100 1100111011 0111010100 1101110111 1111110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6