This is an analysis of Sonnet 89: Say That Thou Didst Forsake Me For Some Fault by William Shakespeare.

Say that thou didst forsake me for some fault,
And I will comment upon that offence;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbcdbdbaa
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111011111 1101001110 10110011101 0111010101 1111011111 010101100001 1111011010 1001010111 0100111011 111000011111 1111011101 1100110101 1101111101 1111111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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