This is an analysis of Upon Julia's Unlacing Herself by Robert Herrick.

Tell, if thou canst, and truly, whence doth come
This camphire, storax, spikenard, galbanum,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaXXbbcc
  • Stanza lengths: 10,
  • Metre: 1011110111 01010100100 1111011101 1101000100 11100110010 0101010101 0101110101 1101110101 1101010101 01111101100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 10