This is an analysis of Sonnet Xix: Restore Thy Tresses by Samuel Daniel.

Restore thy tresses to the golden ore,
Yield Citherea's son those arcs of love,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccccdedeff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0111000101 110011101 0101011101 101011101 1111101001 1001011101 0111100101 0101010011 1101110001 1111111001 1101111101 0101010101 1001011101 1111011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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