This is an analysis of Sonnet 15 by John Milton.

XV
On The Late Massacher In Piemont…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X X abbaXbbacdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,14,
  • Metre: 1 101100010 0111110111 1101011101 1011111101 1111010111 01101101110 1011101101 1101010011 1001010111 0101000111 0111011101 1110011111 0101010111 01001110111 10110101001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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