This is an analysis of Sonnet Xli: When Men Shall Find by Samuel Daniel.

When men shall find thy flower, thy glory pass,
And thou with carefull brow sitting alone,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcdedeff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11111101101 11010011001 011010011 1111111101 11110101110 11110101010 11111101110 11111110110 0111010001 11011110101 1111101111 1111011101 1101111111 1101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

thy, thou, in