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?…
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