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?…
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