This is an analysis of Song From Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney.

My true love hath my heart, and I have his,
By Just Exchange, one for the other given.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbcbbabXddddcA
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111111110 11011101010 1101111101 11010101010 0101111101 1101011101 1111110101 11000101010 010101011 1111000101 1101110101 1110010101 1101001111 1111111110
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

his, in, me, heart