This is an analysis of Sonnet 152: In Loving Thee Thou Know'st I Am Forsworn by William Shakespeare.

In loving thee thou know'st I am forsworn,
But thou art twice forsworn to me love swearing:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeXeccc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101111111 11111101110 0111111111 01011101110 11011111011 1111011101 11111110011 1111010101 11111101110 1011111100 10010111010 1101010111 1111111101 0101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

in, new, i, thee, thy

Anaphora

in