Analysis of Sonnet 36: Let me confess that we two must be twain
William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Let me confess that we two must be twain,
Although our undivided loves are one;
So shall those blots that do with me remain,
Without thy help, by me be borne alone.
In our two loves there is but one respect,
Though in our lives a separable spite,
Which, though it alter not love's sole effect,
Yet doth it steal sweet hours from love's delight.
I may not evermore acknowledge thee,
Lest my bewailèd guilt should do thee shame,
Nor thou with public kindness honour me
Unless thou take that honour from thy name.
But do not so; I love thee in such sort
As, thou being mine, mine is thy good report.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111111 110010111 1111111101 0111111101 01011111101 10101011 1111011101 11111101101 111100101 111111111 111101011 011111111 1111111011 11101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 600 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 464 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 17, 2023
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