This is an analysis of Sonnet Xxii: Come Time by Samuel Daniel.

Come Time, the anchor-hold of my desire,
My last resort whereto my hopes appeal,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbcbccdaddd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11010101010 11011001101 1101000110 1001000101 1011101101 10011110101 1011011111 001101001 0111001001 110001111 011111110 1101001101 1011101001 0101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

of, my, her, with