This is an analysis of Sonnet 106: When In The Chronicle Of Wasted Time by William Shakespeare.

When in the chronicle of wasted time
I see descriptions of the fairest wights,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbcdXdXdd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1001000101 1101000101 1101010011 0101011101 1001001101 0101010101 1110111101 10101011101 1111011100 0011111000 1111100101 1111011101 1111011011 1101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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