This is an analysis of Sonnet 9: Queen Virtue's Court by Sir Philip Sidney.
Queen Virtue's court, which some call Stella's face,
Prepar'd by Nature's choicest furniture,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXba abba cdc dee
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,
- Metre: 1101111101 0111010100 1011010101 10010001101 0111011101 1100110111 1101110101 1011111101 0101110101 11001111101 1110110101 0111101111 1101010101 0111111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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