This is an analysis of Astrophel And Stella-First Song by Sir Philip Sidney.
Doubt you to whom my Muse these notes intendeth,
Which now my breast o'ercharged to music lendeth?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXAX bbAb XXAX XXAX ccAc XXAX XXAX XdA d XXAX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,1,4,
- Metre: 11011111100 1111100001010 0101110101 10011101110 11011101010 11010101010 0101110101 101101010110 11011101010 11001111110 0101110101 10111001100 11011111010 11111101010 0101110101 10010101010 11011111010 11011101110 0101110101 10110101110 1101101110 11110001100 0101110101 1011110101 1101110101 1101111111 0101110101 10010100101 11011101010 11110101010 0101110101 10011100110 11011111100 1111100001010 0101110101 10011101110
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
to, you, my, doth
Anaphora
who
