This is an analysis of Sonnet 78: So Oft Have I Invoked Thee For My Muse by William Shakespeare.
So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse,
And found such fair assistance in my verse…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaaabcbXdcdcaa
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111011111 1111010011 110010011111 110111001 1111011101 1101000101 110100010001 1101010100 1011011101 1100011101 0101111101 110111010000 1111111101 1111011100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
my, to
