This is an analysis of Sonnet Xliv by William Shakespeare.

If the dull substance of my flesh were thought,
Injurious distance should not stop my way;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbadadee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0011001101 01001011111 1101011101 0101011111 1101111101 0101010101 1101111111 1111011110 1111111111 01110101111 1111011101 1101110011 0101110011 1101100101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14