This is an analysis of Sonnet 126: O Thou, My Lovely Boy, Who In Thy Power by William Shakespeare.
O thou, my lovely boy, who in thy power
Dost hold Time's fickle glass his fickle hour;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbccaadd
- Stanza lengths: 12,
- Metre: 11110110110 11110101010 1111011011 11010011111 0101010101 1111010111 1110010101 1101110101 11011100010 11011111010 0101011010 101000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
thy, her
