Analysis of The Sonnets LXXI - No longer mourn for me when I am dead

William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)



No longer mourn for me when I am dead
Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell
Give warning to the world that I am fled
From this vile world with vilest worms to dwell:
Nay, if you read this line, remember not
The hand that writ it, for I love you so,
That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot,
If thinking on me then should make you woe.
O! if, I say you look upon this verse,
When I perhaps compounded am with clay,
Do not so much as my poor name rehearse;
But let your love even with my life decay;
Lest the wise world should look into your moan,
And mock you with me after I am gone.


Scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGH
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111111 1111010101 1101011111 111111111 1111110101 0111111111 1101111101 1101111111 1111110111 1101010111 1111111101 11111011101 1011110111 0111110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 579
Words 123
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 455
Words per stanza (avg) 123
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on April 24, 2023

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". more…

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