This is an analysis of Sonnet 107: by William Shakespeare.

Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul
Of the wide world dreaming on things to come,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdbebeff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111100101 0011101101 1101011101 0111000011 0101100101 1011011110 1000110101 1101100101 1001001101 1111110101 1101110011 11011011101 1100111100 1101110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14