This is an analysis of Sonnet 119: What Potions Have I Drunk Of Siren Tears by William Shakespeare.

What potions have I drunk of Siren tears,
Distilled from limbecks foul as hell within,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdededff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101110101 0101011101 0101011101 1101111101 11010111010 1011011100010 11111011010 00010001010 1100011111 11001101110 1101100101 11011111110 1101010110 1111111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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