This is an analysis of Sonnet Lxxiv by William Shakespeare.

But be contented: when that fell arrest
Without all bail shall carry me away,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbdedeff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1001011101 0111110101 1110011100 11010010111 1110001111 0101110101 0111111001 11001010101 1111110101 0101110101 010100011 110100010 0101011001 1100100101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

of

Anaphora

the