This is an analysis of Sonnet 79: Sweet Kiss, Thy Sweets I Fain by Sir Philip Sidney.
Sweet kiss, thy sweets I fain would sweetly endite,
Which even of sweetness sweetest sweet'ner art:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaaa aaaa bXb XXX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,
- Metre: 11111111010 11001010101 1001111101 11011101001 11110010101 0101110001 1111010001 1011110001 1001110111 0101111111 0101110101 1111100101 1001111110 1101111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 14
Anaphora
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