Sonnet 69: Oh Joy, Too High For My Low Style by Sir Philip Sidney: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 69: Oh Joy, Too High For My Low Style that begins with:

Oh joy, too high for my low style to show:
Oh bliss, fit for a nobler state than me: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba abca dcd Xee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111111101 1111010111 1011111111 1100010111 1111111111 1111111111 1001001100 10101111111 1101011111 0011110100 1111111101 1111111000 01011100111 11011111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; my, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word oh is repeated.

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