This is an analysis of Sonnet 22 by John Milton.
XXII
Cyriac, this three years' day these eyes, though clear,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X abbaabbacXcdcd
- Stanza lengths: 1,14,
- Metre: 1 1001111111 0101010101 0101110101 1011011101 0111110101 1111011101 0111101101 0111111111 1101011111 01011110100 0100011101 0111010101 0111110111 1011111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 15
Repeated words/phrases
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