This is an analysis of Sonnet X: O Then I Love by Samuel Daniel.

O then I love and draw this weary breath,
For her the cruel Fair, within whose brow…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdececff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111110101 1001010111 1101010011 0011011111 1111011001 101010101001 1000111111 0101110111 1101010001 0101010111 11010001001 11011000101 11011101011 11010011011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Epiphora

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