Words highlighted in pink will take you to another relevant post). And here’s a link to a glossary, which you may find it useful to skim through before reading further (every word I highlight in blue will take you to the glossary if you click on it. For more detail on feet, figures and displaced beats, see my three posts on ‘Iambic Pentameter & the Principles of Metrical Variation’.
Those figures in red contain displaced beats. Some feet combine with each other to form metrical figures, and I have not divided the figures into individual feet. In this post I aim to provide a careful metrical analysis of Shakespeare’s opening sonnet, and hope to illustrate how an understanding of meter can enhance our appreciation of his work.
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