This is an analysis of Sonnet Xiii by William Shakespeare.

O, that you were yourself! but, love, you are
No longer yours than you yourself here live:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcadedeff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1110101111 1101111011 0101011101 1111001101 1111011101 1101010110 1001101001 1111011111 1111011001 1100010101 0101010101 1101010101 1111011111 1101011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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