This is an analysis of Sonnet 149: Canst Thou, O Cruel, Say I Love Thee Not by William Shakespeare.
Canst thou, O cruel, say I love thee not,
When I against my self with thee partake?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdaeaecc
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111011111 1101110101 1111111101 1011110111 1101111111 1111111101 1011111111 0101110011 1101101101 1011110001 1111110101 0101010011 1111111111 1111111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
i, thee
