This is an analysis of Sonnet 37: My Mouth Doth Water by Sir Philip Sidney.
My mouth doth water, and my breast doth swell,
My tongue doth itch, my thoughts in labor be:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abba abba cdc dXX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,
- Metre: 1111011111 1111110100 1011000101 1011110101 0110010111 1011011111 1011010111 1001101101 1001000101 1001000101 1011111001 11110111001 1101001101 1101011110
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
my, doth, in, rich
Anaphora
my, rich
