This is an analysis of Sonnet 37: As A Decrepit Father Takes Delight by William Shakespeare.
As a decrepit father takes delight
To see his active child do deeds of youth,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababacacXdadee
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1001010101 0101011101 1111110101 1111001111 1101011111 1100111111 010011110001 1111100001 1111111101 1101111101 1101010101 1101011101 1101111101 0111111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
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