This is an analysis of To Silvia by Robert Herrick.

Pardon my trespass, Silvia! I confess
My kiss out-went the bounds of shamefacedness:--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 10111100101 111101010000 1001111111 0111110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4