This is an analysis of Sonnet 65: Since Brass, Nor Stone, Nor Earth, Nor Boundless Sea by William Shakespeare.
Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,
But sad mortality o'ersways their power,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXeXecc
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111111101 110100100110 1001110101 11001101010 1111010111 0101010101 1101001111 1101111101 1101010110 1111001111 1111110111 1101010101 1101010011 1011111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
nor
Anaphora
or
