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;…

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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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