This is an analysis of Sonnet 100: Where Art Thou, Muse, That Thou Forget'st So Long by William Shakespeare.

Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so long
To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbdedeff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111111011 0101111111 1111011101 100110011011 0101011101 0101011101 1001111101 1111111100 1101111101 0111010101 01000110001 111110000101 1111101111 1110011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

thou, thy, and

Anaphora

if