This is an analysis of Sonnet Xiii: Phoebus Was Judge by Sir Philip Sidney.
Phoebus was judge between Jove, Mars, and Love,
Of those three gods, whose arms the fairest were:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXba baab cdd cee
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,
- Metre: 1011011111 0111110100 10101010101 1101110101 1011110101 1101010101 1101110101 1001010101 1001110111 1011011101 11010110101 1011010001 0111110101 0111010100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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