This is an analysis of Sonnet Xxxiii: I Might by Sir Philip Sidney.

I might!--unhappy word--O me, I might,
And then would not, or could not, see my bliss;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababacacdedecc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101011111 1111111111 1110010101 1111011101 1110111011 1101011100 1111110101 1100110100 1011110101 1111101101 1101111111 1111110101 1101111101 1110110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

i, no, thy

Anaphora

no