This is an analysis of Truth And Falsehood by Robert Herrick.

Truth by her own simplicity is known,
Falsehood by varnish and vermilion.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa
  • Stanza lengths: 2,
  • Metre: 1101010001 111101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 2