This is an analysis of Sonnet Lxxxvii by William Shakespeare.
Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing,
And like enough thou know'st thy estimate:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababaaaXaaaacc
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 11111111010 1101111100 01001111010 1101110101 11111111110 11110101010 01001101010 11110101010 101101111110 110111001010 11110101010 11011101010 11111101110 01011101110
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14