Analysis of Is this a Sonnet



Is this a Sonnet? this art have I done?
Shall I talk about our love's gentlest touch?
Graced tender cheek, like a warm summer's sun?
Shit stop, please stop, it's all getting too much.

You're a jewel in the sky, a diamond star,
As enchanting as a winter's white spread,
Needn't be close, I see beauty afar,
Hearing this dribble, I'll go bang my head.

Shall I tell you, analyse my meaning?
Love's idea fit this poem I threw
I see your face, you are stuck daydreaming
With a forlorn heart you'll write this too.

If sonnets are about love, read no more,
Burn this poem, leave ashes on the floor


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
Poetic Form Shakespearean sonnet 
Metre 1101011111 111011011001 1101101101 1111111011 10100010101 1010101011 1011111001 1011011111 11111110 1010111011 111111110 100111111 1101011111 1110110101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 605
Words 126
Sentences 9
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 112
Words per stanza (avg) 28

About this poem

I wrote this poem as a juxtaposition against typical Shakespearean sonnets. I studied a lot of Shakespeare through School and I wanted to add a twist into the formula.

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Written on March 15, 2021

Submitted by ArchieA on May 19, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Archie Allen

I just like writing. I work in steel fabrication so writing poetry is a welcome change of pace. more…

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