Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
First-person speaker in dialogue with Love
Form and Meter
3 sestets with ABABCC rhyme scheme and alternating pentameter and trimeter lines
Metaphors and Similes
Alliteration and Assonance
alliteration: "doth deserve," "bore the blame"
Irony
Genre
lyric poetry
Setting
Tone
polite, gentle
Protagonist and Antagonist
Major Conflict
Climax
Foreshadowing
Understatement
Allusions
Biblical allusions to the Song of Songs II.4 and Luke XII.37
Metonymy and Synecdoche
Personification
Love is a personification of God/divine love.
