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,…

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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