This is an analysis of Sonnet V: Whilst Youth And Error by Samuel Daniel.

Whilst youth and error led my wand'ring mind
And set my thoughts in heedless ways to range,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcacdedeaa
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111011101 1111010101 1101010111 0101011101 10110111100 1001011011 0101010101 1101010111 1111000101 1101111101 1111111111 1111011011 1111001101 1110010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

my

Anaphora

which