This is an analysis of Sonnet 17 by John Milton.

XVII

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X abcaabcadedbbe
  • Stanza lengths: 1,14,
  • Metre: 1 1001010101 11011111110 11101111010 1101011101 0011010101 1101100101 01011101010 01011110111 1110111111 0101011111 0101111101 1001011101 1101011111 0101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

the