This is an analysis of Sonnet Lxxvi by Edmund Spenser.

FAyre bosome fraught with vertues richest tresure,
The neast of loue, the lodging of delight:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXababbcbcaa
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11010101010 0101010001 01010100010 0101001101 111101101 1111110101 111110011 101101101 1101110101 1101010101 11001101001 11011000101 1111011101 1111110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

the