This is an analysis of Philomela by Sir Philip Sidney.

The Nightingale, as soon as April bringeth
Unto her rested sense a perfect waking,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXXaXBXX cXcXadda XBXX
  • Stanza lengths: 12,8,4,
  • Metre: 01001111010 10010100110 11111011010 11010101110 1100100 0101100 1101100 11011010010 11010111110 11010101010 11101110 11011111100 01111101010 11011011110 011100101010 11000100110 1111010 1010101 1110011 11001111110 11010111110 11010101010 11101110 11011111100
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

her

Epiphora

me