This is an analysis of Sonnet Xxviii by William Shakespeare.

How can I then return in happy plight,
That am debarr'd the benefit of rest?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbcababdd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111010101 11100010001 1101001111 1111111101 1111000101 1001110101 0111010001 1111110101 1101010111 11111111010 11010110001 110011111010 11110111010 11110111110
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

by, night, to