This is an analysis of Sonnet Xl: But Love by Samuel Daniel.
But love whilst that thou mayst be lov'd again,
Now whilst thy May hath fill'd thy lap with flowers;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaXacaccXccbX
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111110101 11111111010 1111010101 1111011101 1111100101 01010110101 1111011101 1101110111 1111011101 11111111110 1101011101 11110111010 1111011101 11110100101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
thy, whilst, now, and
Anaphora
now, and
