This is an analysis of Sonnet Xi: In Truth, Oh Love by Sir Philip Sidney.
In truth, oh Love, with what a boyish kind
Thou doest proceed in thy most serious ways:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abba abba cbcXbcc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,7,
- Metre: 0111010101 11010111001 1101010101 1011110101 1101111111 0101110101 1101111101 1101010101 1111010100 1011110001 0011111111 1001011101 1011001101 1111010001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
best, in, thou, her
