This is an analysis of Sonnet Lxix by William Shakespeare.

Those parts of thee that the world's eye doth view
Want nothing that the thought of hearts can mend;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcbdbdaa
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101101111 1101010111 1101011111 100111011101 1101010101 1111111111 0101010101 1101010111 1100010011 1101110111 1111111101 01110101101 1111010111 0100111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

of, that, thy