This is an analysis of Sonnet 14 by John Milton.

XIV
When Faith and Love which parted from thee never,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X abbaabbacdXXcd XcX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,14,3,
  • Metre: 1 11111100110 1101110101 1011010101 01111101110 11111110010 1101100101 1111000101 10110111110 1101111101 1111010101 1101111111 11010111001 0101111111 1111010101 11101011010010 100010010110101 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

them, and

Anaphora

and