This is an analysis of Writing by Robert Herrick.

When words we want, Love teacheth to indite;
And what we blush to speak, she bids us write.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa
  • Stanza lengths: 2,
  • Metre: 1111110001 1111011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 2