Sonnet 89: Now, That Of Absence by Sir Philip Sidney: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 89: Now, That Of Absence that begins with:

Now that of absence the most irksome night,
With darkest shade doth overcome my day; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba abba abaXbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101001101 0101110111 1101101111 1011011101 1111111111 01110011001 10001010101 1001000101 100010100111 1110111011 1111110111 0111001111 1101010101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, night, of, day are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines day, night are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word night at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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