This is an analysis of Sonnet Cxvi: Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds by William Shakespeare.

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1110010011 0101001011 1101010101 1100010001 110011011 11110101010 000101001001 11011101010 1111110111 0101010101 11010011011 11011000101 0001010111 1101111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14