This is an analysis of To Sapho by Robert Herrick.

Sapho, I will chuse to go
Where the northern winds do blow…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 1010101 1010111 1011101 1011111 1010101 0101111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6