This is an analysis of Sonnet 101: O Truant Muse, What Shall Be Thy Amends by William Shakespeare.
O truant Muse, what shall be thy amends
For thy neglect of truth in beauty dyed?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcXcXdcdcee
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1101110101 1101010101 1111011101 1111101101 1101111101 10111000101 1011010101 110101010000 0111111101 0111011101 0111110101 1001010100 1111011111 0111111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
to, be
