This is an analysis of Astrophel And Stella: Lxiv by Sir Philip Sidney.

No more, my dear, no more these counsels try;
Oh, give my passions leave to run their race;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdcc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111111101 1111010111 1101110101 111000010111 1110111011 1111101111 1101010111 1110101101 1111010101 1101010101 1111110111 1111010101 1111111101 1111111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

let, my, nor

Anaphora

let, nor