This is an analysis of Sonnet Xii: My Spotless Love by Samuel Daniel.

My spotless love hovers with white wings
About the temple of the proudest frame,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXaacee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 110110011 0101000101 1111100101 1111010101 100101001 01110111111 1111010001 11110011011 1111111000 1001011100 1101010001 1101110101 1111010001 1111011001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14