This is an analysis of To The Willow-Tree by Robert Herrick.

Thou art to all lost love the best,
The only true plant found,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb bcbc cdcdXbaba
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11011101 010111 100111110 110111 11010101 110101 11110101 1000111 10010101 110100 11111101 010101 11011101 110001 01111111 101101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16