This is an analysis of Sonnet 144: Two Loves I Have, Of Comfort And Despair by William Shakespeare.

Two loves I have, of comfort and despair,
Which like two spirits do suggest me still:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbccbcbdd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111010101 1111010111 0101000111 01010010101 01110111110 1011010011 11011100010 1001000011 1101110011 0111110101 1101011011 1111000101 1011111101 11110101011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

my, to

Anaphora

the