This is an analysis of Sonnet Xxxvii by Edmund Spenser.

WHat guyle is this, that those her golden tresses,
She doth attyre vnder a net of gold:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbccdcdee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11001101010 111010101 10111100010 1101111101 0011111111 1101001101 1101110001 1101111101 1111111111 11110111001 01011011 10011111011 1000110101 011011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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