This is an analysis of Astrophel And Stella-Sonnet Liv by Sir Philip Sidney.

Because I breathe not love to every one,
Nor do not use set colours for to wear,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbXcdcdee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 01111101001 1111110101 110101011 1111011001 0101010001 0010111101 1010110110111 1101111110000 1111110111 0101111101 1111110111 1011011001 11110011101 1101110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

nor

Anaphora

nor