This is an analysis of Sonnet I by Francis William Bourdillon.
Oft had I felt, like pure Endymion,
Such love for the sweet moon, that I had well…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaabbabacdbcdb
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 111111100 1110111111 01010110111 0101110101 1111011111 01010011101 1011010111 1101111101 111001111 0011010101 0111111111 1101101111 1101110111 1111100101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
love, in
