This is an analysis of Sonnet 46: Mine Eye And Heart Are At A Mortal War by William Shakespeare.

Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war
How to divide the conquest of thy sight;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXXXXXbXbbb
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111110101 1001010011 1111110111 1111010011 11111101110 010101010100 1001011101 1101110101 010100100000 0101110001 111100100000 0111010111 1111101101 1111110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

mine, eye, heart

Anaphora

my

Epiphora

part