Analysis of Sonnet 60: Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore
William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end;
Each changing place with that which goes before,
In sequent toil all forwards do contend.
Nativity once in the main of light,
Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crowned,
Crookèd eclipses 'gainst his glory fight,
And Time that gave doth now his gift confound.
Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth,
And delves the parallels in beauty's brow,
Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth,
And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow.
And yet to times in hope my verse shall stand,
Praising thy worth despite his cruel hand.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEGHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101101011 11101010111 1101111101 0101110101 0100100111 1101001101 1101011101 0111111101 1101010111 01010011 1101001101 0101111111 0111011111 1011011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 618 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 488 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 108 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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