This is an analysis of Sonnet Xxii by William Shakespeare.

My glass shall not persuade me I am old,
So long as youth and thou are of one date;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbdedeff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111011111 1111111011 1101110101 1111111101 1111011101 0101010011 1011111101 1111010111 11110010110 1111111110 10111101110 1101010101 0111111101 11011101101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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