This is an analysis of Sonnet 125: Were'T Aught To Me I Bore The Canopy by William Shakespeare.

Were't aught to me I bore the canopy,
With my extern the outward honouring,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXbXbbcbcdd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 10101110100 0110010100 1111010100 1111111100 11111011110 1111110111 11010101010 1001001101 11100100011 1111100111 1011010111 11001010111 11100010011 1101110101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14