This is an analysis of To Perilla by Robert Herrick.

Ah, my Perilla, dost thou grieve to see
Me day by day to steal away from thee?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffffaagg
  • Stanza lengths: 18,
  • Metre: 1110011101 1111010101 1111111111 1101010101 1101100100 1111101001 1111110111 10010101001 0110011111 1111101101 1111111101 0101010101 1011001111 1101110001 1101110100 0100010001 1111110111 1001110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

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