This is an analysis of Sonnet Iv: Lovesight by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

When do I see thee most, beloved one?
When in the light the spirits of mine eyes…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXaabbaccdeed
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111110101 1001010011 0111110100 0100111111 11001101101 1111000101 11110100101 1111011101 1111011111 10110101101 11001101001 11110111001 0110010101 010110001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

when, the