This is an analysis of Holy Sonnet Xviii: Show Me, Dear Christ by John Donne.
Show me, dear Christ, thy Spouse, so bright and clear.
What! is it She, which on the other shore…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaXaabcbcdd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111111111 1001110101 1101011111 0111010011 1101011111 01111111110 11101111101 11110111101 11011110001 1011011111 0111011011 11110011111 1011110011 1101110011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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