This is an analysis of Holy Sonnet Xii: Why Are We by John Donne.
Why are wee by all creatures waited on?
Why doe the prodigall elements supply…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaXXbacddcXX
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111110101 11010010001 11101101111 101100010 1111001100 1111111100 01010111111 11111101101 10111011111 1111110100 110101010101 0101011101 11010111101 1101010111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
and
Anaphora
why
Anadiplosis
you
