Sonnet 87: When I Was Forc'D From Stella by Sir Philip Sidney: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 87: When I Was Forc'D From Stella that begins with:

When I was forc'd from Stella, ever dear
Stella, food of my thoughts, heart of my heart; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab baba ccd eed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1111010101 1010111011 1011111101 1101010001 0111110101 1111000101 1111010101 1011110101 1111011101 110111101 1101110011 1110110101 1101011110 1101011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; stella, of, my, that, her, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words stella, i are repeated.

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