This is an analysis of Sonnet Lxxi by William Shakespeare.

No longer mourn for me when I am dead
Then you shall hear the surly sullen bell…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101111111 1111010101 1100011111 0011010101 1011010101 0111011111 1101111001 0101111111 1011110101 1101010101 1111111101 11111001101 1011110011 1110110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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