This is an analysis of Sonnet Xxii: To Cyriack Skinner by John Milton.
Cyriack, this three years' day these eyes, though clear
To outward view of blemish or of spot,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacXcdcd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1001111111 0101010101 0101110101 1011011101 0111110101 1111011101 0111101101 0111111111 1101011111 01010110100 0100011101 0111010101 0111110111 1011111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
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