This is an analysis of Upon The Sudden Restraint Of The Earl Of Somerset, Then Falling From Favour by Sir Henry Wotton.
Dazled thus with height of place,
Whilst our Hopes our wits Beguile,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cece fgfg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1010101 1111101 1110101 1010101 1110101 1100111 1011101 1010111 1010011 10101001 1000101 1110101 1110111 1111101 100101 11110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
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