This is an analysis of The Highway by Sir Philip Sidney.
Highway, since you my chief Parnassus be,
And that my Muse, to some ears not unsweet,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbcabbcdbdbee
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111111100 1111011110 1001010101 1110010100 11111011 0011111111 1111110101 0111010100 01111001101 1101011101 1111111101 1111110111 0101111111 1000110111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
to, nor, you