This is an analysis of Sonnet 14: Not From The Stars Do I My Judgement Pluck by William Shakespeare.

Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck,
And yet methinks I have astronomy—…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbcdedeee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1001111101 11101110000 1101001101 0101110100 1111001101 1001010111 1101000111 1101110101 1011110101 1101001111 1111010101 0011011110 1101011101 1101110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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