This is an analysis of Beauty, Time, And Love by Samuel Daniel.

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FAIR is my Love and cruel as she 's fair;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcXdedfgfghh XfifijdjdXffjkk Xlblbbibiijijll XjkjkXmXmalalff agkgknfnffofohh ahphpfefXbfbfkk XXffffifilqlqbb
  • Stanza lengths: 15,15,15,15,15,15,15,
  • Metre: 1 10111101111 01111101110 0111010101 10011101010 01011001010 1111110111 01001111010 1011010101 10011010101 110110101 1111001101 1111011101 1111011101 1111111111 1 1101100101 0101000101 1111100101 1111010101 1010101001 0111011111 1111010001 1111001101 1111111000 1001011100 11011010001 1101110101 1111010001 1111011001 1 1111010001 11101010101 0101010101 0101000101 1111111001 1011010111 1011010101 11101110101 0111011101 0101011101 1011010101 1001010101 1111010111 1101010111 1 1111111101 1101011001 011010011 1101111101 1111010111 11110101010 1111110111 11111110110 0111010001 110111101011 1111101011 1111011101 1101111111 1101011101 1 1011010101 1101010101 1101110111 1111101100 11011101010 1001000101 01111100110 1111110101 11100010010 1111010001 1101010101 0101010011 1111011001 1101011101 1 1111111111 1001100111 1011011101 1101111101 1111010010 110101001110 1101010101 11111011010 1011010101 1101011111 1011110101 1011110111 1101111111 1001111101 1 11010111000 011010101 1110010101 1101011101 1111011111 0101110101 11111111111 1101111111 1101010101 1101110111 1111010101 0101110101 11100110001 1011111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 105

Repeated words/phrases

her, of, had, thou, and, smiles

Anaphora

her, and, pity