Analysis of Sonnet 133: Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan
William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan
For that deep wound it gives my friend and me!
Is't not enough to torture me alone,
But slave to slavery my sweet'st friend must be?
Me from my self thy cruel eye hath taken,
And my next self thou harder hast engrossed.
Of him, myself, and thee I am forsaken—
A torment thrice threefold thus to be crossed.
Prison my heart in thy steel bosom's ward,
But then my friend's heart let my poor heart bail;
Whoe'er keeps me, let my heart be his guard,
Thou canst not then use rigour in my jail.
And yet thou wilt; for I, being pent in thee,
Perforce am thine, and all that is in me.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111111 1111111101 11101110101 111100111111 11111101110 0111110101 1110111010 01111111 101101111 1111111111 111111111 111111011 01111110101 0111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 629 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 478 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 123 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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