This is an analysis of Sonnet Lxii by William Shakespeare.

Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye
And all my soul and all my every part;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabacacadbdbee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1011100111 11111111001 1101101100 0011010011 1011110011 1111110101 1111111101 1111001101 1111111101 1011010100 1111110011 1111000100 1111111111 1011010011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

and, all, my, no, self

Anaphora

and