Structure
Sonnet 50 is an English or Shakespearean sonnet, containing three quatrains followed by a final rhyming couplet. It follows the form's typical rhyme scheme, ABAB CDCD EFEF GG, and is written in iambic pentameter, a type of poetic Metre (poetry), metre based on five pairs of metrically weak/strong syllabic positions per line. The first line exemplifies a regular iambic pentameter:× / × / × / × / × / How heavy do I journey on the way, (50.1):/ = ''ictus'', a metrically strong syllabic position. × = ''nonictus''. The meter demands some variant pronunciations of words. In line seven, the second syllable is stressed in "instínct".Kerrigan 1995, p 234. In line five "tired" is two syllables, and in line eight "being" is one.
Interpretations
*Gemma Jones, for the 2002 compilation album, ''When Love Speaks'' (EMI Classics, EMI)Notes
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