This is an analysis of Sonnet: On The Death Of Prince Henry by George Wither.

Methought his royal person did foretell
A kingly stateliness, from all pride clear;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdacacee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1001010001 01010000111 010101001 1101110101 11110100011 10100010001 0101010001 0101111111 1111010111 11010111001 1010010001 11010101001 1101111101 00101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

to, his

Anaphora

and, his