This is an analysis of Sonnet 147: My Love Is As A Fever, Longing Still by William Shakespeare.

My love is as a fever, longing still
For that which longer nurseth the disease,…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdededdd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101010101 1111010001 1011110101 10101010101 1100010011 1010010111 11111100101 01001110001 1111110011 1101010101 1111101111 1100011001 1111111111 1111111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14