This is an analysis of Sonnet Vi by William Shakespeare.

Then let not winter's ragged hand deface
In thee thy summer, ere thou be distill'd:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdedfefcgg
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111010101 0111011001 1111010111 0101010011 1101100100 1101110101 1110010101 11110000111 11100100111 01011110001 1111101101 1011000100 0111111111 0011011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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