This is an analysis of Sonnet Xii by William Shakespeare.
When I do count the clock that tells the time,
And see the brave day sunk in hideous night;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111011101 11011101001 1101010011 110111001001 1101111001 1101010001 1101110101 1101011101 1011011101 1101010111 1111010101 1111111101 1101111101 1101111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Anaphora
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