This is an analysis of To Robin Red-Breast by Robert Herrick.

Laid out for dead, let thy last kindness be
With leaves and moss-work for to cover me;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 1111111100 0111110101 1101111101 11111100100 1101010110 1101010100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6