This is an analysis of To Violets by Robert Herrick.

Welcome, maids of honour,
You do bring…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX bccb XddX effe
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 101010 111 0001 11010 111010 111 111 11110 101010 111 001 11010 111010 111 111 11010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16