This is an analysis of Holy Sonnet Xvi: Father by John Donne.
Father, part of his double interest
Unto thy kingdome, thy Sonne gives to mee,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXaabXaacacdd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1010010100 1011011101 01000110 11011010110 0111010111 1001010111 111110010 001110111001 1111111101 1001110101 1111101110 0110111101 1101011101 0111110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
his
