This is an analysis of Sonnet Lx by William Shakespeare.
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbdedebb
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 11011010101 1111010011 1101011101 0101110101 0100100101 100100100101 1010010101 1111110101 1101010111 1101010101 1101000101 1101110101 1101011111 1011010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Anaphora
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