This is an analysis of Holy Sonnet Xv: Wilt Thou Love God by John Donne.
Wilt thou love God, as he thee? then digest,
My Soule, this wholsome meditation,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaaXbaXXbXcc
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111111101 110101010 11010110101 01011010011 01010010111 1101011110 110111010 100010110101 1101111111 01111111010 0101011111 111111101010 1111111101 1111011111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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