This is an analysis of Sonnet Xlix: How Long by Samuel Daniel.

How long shall I in mine affliction mourn,
A burden to myself, distress'd in mind?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababacacadadcc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111010101 0100110101 1111010101 0101011101 1101011001 0101010101 1111010001 0101110101 10010111110 01001101001 11011110010 1011110101 11110111010 11101101100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

her, love

Epiphora

it