This is an analysis of Sonnet Xlvi by William Shakespeare.

Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war
How to divide the conquest of thy sight;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXbXbbb
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111110101 1001010011 1111110111 1111010011 1111110111 0101010101 1001011101 1101110101 0101001000 0101110001 111100010 0111010111 1111101101 1111110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

mine, eye, heart

Anaphora

my

Epiphora

part