This is an analysis of Sonnet Iv: Why, When I Gaze by Mary Darby Robinson.
Why, when I gaze on Phaon's beauteous eyes,
Why does each thought in wild disorder stray?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdcd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 111111101 1111010101 1111010001 1111010101 1101110101 0101110101 11111100101 1111010101 1101010111 1101110011 1011010111 1101010111 1101110001 0101010001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
why, my
Anaphora
why, come
