This is an analysis of Sonnet 138: When My Love Swears That She Is Made Of Truth by William Shakespeare.
When my love swears that she is made of truth
I do believe her, though I know she lies,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcddedeff
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111110101 1101011111 11111110001 100000011100 1101011111 1111111101 1011001101 1111010101 11001111001 11001111111 1111000101 1101110101 1111001101 1011111100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
she, not
