This is an analysis of Sonnet 20: A Woman's Face With Nature's Own Hand Painted by William Shakespeare.

A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted
Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcXacacdd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 01010101110 11010100110 01010111010 01011011010 11111111010 10010101010 01011100010 11111101100 11010111010 11011111010 11010101010 11011011010 11111111010 10111111110
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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