This is an analysis of Sonnet Lii: O Whether by Samuel Daniel.

At the Author's Going into Italy
O whether (poor forsaken) wilt thou go,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X ababcccXbdbdee
  • Stanza lengths: 1,14,
  • Metre: 10101000100 1101010111 0101011101 11001100101 1101111101 1101011111 1011111011 1111011101 10110111100 1111110101 1101011011 0110010101 1010101111 1111011011 1001111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

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