This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxix: Whilst By Her Eyes Pursu'D that begins with:
Whilst by her eyes pursu'd, my poor heart flew it,
Into the sacred bosom of my dearest; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaababcXcXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11010111110 00010100110 11011101010 10010100010 11000111010 1101111101 01111101010 1111111111 11110101011 11011101100 11010100011 10110101100 11111110110 11111101110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 650
- Average number of words per stanza: 119
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.
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More information about poems by Samuel Daniel
- Analysis of Sonnet Xv: If That A Loyal Heart
- Analysis of Sonnet Xxxix: Look, Delia
- Analysis of Sonnet Xli: When Men Shall Find
