This is an analysis of Voices At The Window by Sir Philip Sidney.

Who is it that, this dark night,
Underneath my window plaineth?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXa bXbXb bcbcb dXdXd bebeb afafa
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Metre: 1001011 10111010 0011011 10111100 10010101 1011111 01111010 1111101 1011001 1110100 1010001 10111010 1010101 11111010 0101111 1101101 11111110 1110011 011001010 0010101 1011101 01111010 1011100 10101010 1010101 1110101 11111010 1110111 10111010 1101101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

to, time

Anaphora

time