This is an analysis of The Soote Season by Henry Howard.

The soote season, that bud and bloom forth brings,
With green hath clad the hill and eke the vale;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababababababaa
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0110111111 0111011101 0100010111 0100011101 100111001101 0111011101 0101010111 010101011 0101010111 0110010011 0101010111 1001110101 1111011101 11011111001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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