This is an analysis of Upon Himself by Robert Herrick.
Thou shalt not all die; for while Love's fire shines
Upon his altar, men shall read thy lines;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXX bb
- Stanza lengths: 4,2,
- Metre: 11111111101 0101011111 11010101010 11011111010 0011011111 1001110111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 6
Repeated words/phrases
his, and