This is an analysis of Sonnet 103: Oh Happy Thames by Sir Philip Sidney.
Oh happy Thames, that didst my Stella bear,
I saw thyself with many a smiling line…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab Xbab ccc cdd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,
- Metre: 1101111101 11100100101 01110111001 1111011101 0111110110 1101010101 10011100101 1001110101 111111111 1111110101 1001011101 1101010101 0111111101 1101011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 14
