This is an analysis of Sonnet Lxxxvii by Edmund Spenser.

SInce I did leaue the presence of my loue,
Many long weary dayes I haue outworne:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXXaXaXbb
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101010011 10110101110 1101110101 110101011 111101110 1111010111 11111100110 111111010 1101010101 1111010001 11010011001 1101001101 1101111101 11010110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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