This is an analysis of Sonnet Lx: Lo, Here The Impost by Samuel Daniel.

Lo, here the impost of a faith unfeigning
That love hath paid, and her disdain extorted,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbXbcdcdee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11010001100 11111001010 01010011010 11011111010 11010110010 1111010001 01011001101 0101110101 0111111101 10011101011 1101010111 11111011011 0011110101 1111111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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