This is an analysis of ['Joy of my life, full oft for loving you'] by Edmund Spenser.

Joy of my life, full oft for loving you
I bless my lot, that was so lucky placed:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaXbbXbbcbcdd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1011111101 1111111101 1101111111 11111111100 11010101111 0010011101 110011111100 11001010100 1111110001 0111010101 1101111101 0101010101 1101001101 1111101101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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