This is an analysis of Sonnet Iv: Unthrifty Loveliness, Why Dost Thou Spend by William Shakespeare.
Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend
Upon thy self thy beauty's legacy?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXabcdcdededbb
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 10010001111 0111110100 1001110111 1101110111 1101011101 0101010101 1001001111 1101011111 1101001101 1011111101 1111011001 1010010111 10110101001 1111010000
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
thy, self
