This is an analysis of Sonnet Lxxxiii by William Shakespeare.

I never saw that you did painting need
And therefore to your fair no painting set;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcbdbdee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101110101 1110111101 1111111001 0101000101 1111110101 11101010111 1101011111 1001110111 0101111001 1101110101 1101110101 1101111101 1111010111 1111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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