This is an analysis of Sonnet Xvi by William Shakespeare.
But wherefore do not you a mightier way
Make war upon this bloody tyrant, Time?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 110011101001 1101010101 1101100101 011111101 11110101010 1101010101 010011111010 1101110101 1101011101 1011011101 1001011101 1111100101 0101101101 1111111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
