This is an analysis of The Lover Describeth His Restless State by Henry Howard.
AS oft as I behold, and see
The sovereign beauty that me bound ;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ecec fbfb XbXb gggg babX dgdgXagag
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11110111 01010111 010110001 01010011 111111010 11010111 110111010 01111101 11011101 110100010 11011101 110110010 11111101 11011101 11010111 11010011 11000111 11001111 111111011 11011101 01010101 11011101 11011111 01010101 11011101 01010111 11111101 01111100 11010101 01111111 01010101 01111001 11111101 11111001 01110101 01110001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
her, me, my, full
Anaphora
the
