This is an analysis of Sonnet 41: Having This Day My Horse by Sir Philip Sidney.

Having this day my horse, my hand, my lance
Guided so well that I obtain'd the prize,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacacbaa
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1001111111 1011110101 1101000101 10110111001 1011010001 1111010101 0101100111 1101010101 1001011111 1100100100 1101010101 1111010110 1011100101 1101111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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