Analysis of How Shall I Compare You
Shall I compare you to that fair golden moon but it is pale and scarred too,
I shall be your author and you be my rhyme,
You are too fair and too beautiful,
May you reign in me and forever you shine.
Shall I compare you to a crimson red rose but that entails thorns too,
In every moment of my life, your need is ever present,
You are too pretty and too faithful,
You are a joy that makes my life ideally pleasant,
Shall I compare you to a melodious cuckoo but that is coloured in black too,
A desire and a hope that every being wish for,
You are too seraphic and too peaceful,
That has bestowed my life with charm and loving decor.
| Scheme | AXBX ACBC ADBD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 110111111011111011 11111001111 111101100 11101001011 11011101011110111 0100101111111010 111100110 1101111101010 11011100100111110011 001000111001011 11110110 1101111101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 633 |
| Words | 139 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
About this poem
The poet compares the love of his life to diametric beauties presented in the world.
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