This is an analysis of When He Would Have His Verses Read by Robert Herrick.

In sober mornings, do not thou rehearse
The holy incantation of a verse;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbdd
  • Stanza lengths: 10,
  • Metre: 0101011101 0100110001 1111111111 1110010111 110111101101 1001110101 1101011101 0101010101 1011110101 1101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 10

Repeated words/phrases

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