This is an analysis of Sonnet Xxxii: If Thou Survive My Well-Contented Day by William Shakespeare.

If thou survive my well-contented day,
When that churl Death my bones with dust shall cover,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeXeXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101110101 11111101110 1111011101 1111010110 01000100001 11100111001 0101111111 01010101001 1110110101 10111100101 0101100111 0101010100 1111110101 111111010100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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