This is an analysis of Sonnet Xiii: Behold What Hap by Samuel Daniel.

Behold what hap Pygmalion had to frame
And carve his proper grief upon a stone;…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcddededd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0111110101 1101010101 1101001101 1111110111 11011011010 1101010011 010101101 1101011101 1111010101 0011011101 1101011011 1001110111 11011100111 0101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

her

Anaphora

and