This is an analysis of Sonnet Xliii: Why Should Your Fair Eyes by Michael Drayton.
Why should your fair eyes with such sovereign grace
Disperse their rays on every vulgar spirit,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbdedebb
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111101101 011111001010 1101000111 11110101110 1101010101 1101010001 1101110101 0101000101 1111010001 0111010111 1110110011 1111010111 1001101001 1111001101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
