This is an analysis of Sonnet Xxxiv: The Star Of My Mishap by Samuel Daniel.
The star of my mishap impos'd this paining,
To spend the April of my years in wailing…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaaababaXabacc
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 01011101010 01010010010 11011101010 01111011010 10111111111 11100111010 11000111011 111101110100 10111111010 110011101110 11111111011 1001111110 1011110001 1101010101
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
my
Anaphora
no, and
