This is an analysis of Sonnet Lxxxvi by Edmund Spenser.

VEnemous toung tipt with vile adders sting,
Of that selfe kynd with which the Furies tell…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbXbXXXXccX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1001101101 0111010101 11011101001 010011100101 11011101001 111111001 101111111 0111011101 0110110111 1101111101 01111101010 0111110011 1011110101 1011101110
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14