This is an analysis of Sonnet 35: What May Words Say by Sir Philip Sidney.
What may words say, or what may words not say,
Where truth itself must speak like flattery?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaa aaab cdd cee
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,
- Metre: 1111111111 1101111100 0111110101 1101010001 1101011101 1101110101 1111111111 1100110100 1001011101 1111111101 11011101101 1101010001 1111110101 0001011111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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