This is an analysis of Sonnet Xxxii: Like As The Spotless Ermelin by Samuel Daniel.

To M. P.
Like as the spotless Ermelin distress'd,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X ababacacdedeXe
  • Stanza lengths: 1,14,
  • Metre: 011 1101010001 10001011101 1001010001 1101010100 11100000101 1001011111 1101011111 1111110101 1110111101 0111011101 1111101101 1111101111 1101000110 1111111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

i, my, self

Anaphora

i