This is an analysis of Sonnet 69: Oh Joy, Too High For My Low Style by Sir Philip Sidney.
Oh joy, too high for my low style to show:
Oh bliss, fit for a nobler state than me:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abba abca dcd Xee
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,
- Metre: 1111111101 1111010111 1011111111 1100010111 1111111111 1111111111 1001001100 10101111111 1101011111 0011110100 1111111101 1111111000 01011100111 11011111001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
my, i
Anaphora
oh
