This is an analysis of The Fansy, Which That I Haue Serued Long by Henry Howard.

The fansy, which that I haue serued long,
That hath alway bene enmy to myne ease,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaXabaXaXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101111101 11101010011 100101111 1111010110 1111111001 1111110101 1101111111 10111101110 0101010111 1011111111 1001101101 111000100110 1111110010 011011011
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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