This is an analysis of Sonnet by Richard Lovelace.

I.
When I by thy faire shape did sweare,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXabXaacc XXXbbbbdd
  • Stanza lengths: 9,9,
  • Metre: 1 11111101 11001101 111111 111110 1101110111 1101001 1111001111 1101010011 1 11111101 111011111 111101 1101001 0111101101 100101 111110101 1100011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

i

Anaphora

i, then