This is an analysis of Sonnet Xv: Since To Obtain Thee by Michael Drayton.

His Remedy for Love
Since to obtain thee nothing will be stead,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a babaXbXbXcXXcc
  • Stanza lengths: 1,14,
  • Metre: 010011 1001110001 1101011111 01000111101 11110111001 1001110111 1101110001 1001010101 110101101 0001110101 1101010101 0111011001 0100010100 000111010011 10111101001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

ne'er, her, that

Epiphora

me