This is an analysis of Sonnet 63: Oh Grammar Rules by Sir Philip Sidney.

Oh grammar rules, oh now your virtues show
So children still read you with awefull eyes,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba abbX XXc ddc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,
  • Metre: 1101111101 11011101001 1111101111 0101101101 1101110111 1101110101 1101010101 1111011111 1111110101 110111110 1101010101 1101101101 1101010111 1011110001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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