This is an analysis of Sonnet Cl by William Shakespeare.

O, from what power hast thou this powerful might
With insufficiency my heart to sway?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeaeabb
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 101101101001 0100001101 0111010111 1111011101 1110010011 1001001011 1011110001 1011111101 1111011111 0111111101 1111110101 0101110111 0110001101 11010001001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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