This is an analysis of Sonnet Xlv by William Shakespeare.

The other two, slight air and purging fire,
Are both with thee, wherever I abide;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcXXdbdbb
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 01011111010 1101010101 01110101010 1011001101 1111010011 0101000101 11101010101 11010101010 01110100100 1111000101 11011110101 0111010001 0111111101 1101011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14