This is an analysis of Sonnet Xxvi by William Shakespeare.

Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage
Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXababacacadd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1011010100 1101110101 0111010100 0101010111 1011111111 11110101010 1111100101 01111100010 11010111110 1111000111 11010111010 0111001101 11110111111 11111111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

to, my

Anaphora

to