Sonnet 128 – Scansion

 

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1.          How oft / when thou / my mus / ike mus/ ic playst,

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2.          Upon / that bles / sed wood / whose mo / tion sounds

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3.          With thy / sweet fin[1] / gers when / thou gen / tly swayst,

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4.          The wi / ry con / cord that[2] / mine ear / confounds,

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5.          Do I [3]/ envie[4] / those jacks / that nim / ble leap,

               

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6.          To kiss / the ten / der in / ward of[5] / thy hand,

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7.          Whilst my / poor lips / which should / that har / vest reap,

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8.          At the[6] / woods bold / ness by / thee blush / ing stand.

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9.          To be / so tick / led they / would change / their state,

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10.        And si / tua/ tion with[7] / those dan / cing chips,

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11.        O’er whom / thy fin / gers walk /  with gen / tle gate

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12.        Making[8] / dead wood[9] / more blest / than liv / ing lips

             

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13.        Since sau / sy jacks / so ha / ppy are / in this,

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14.        Give them[10] / thy fin / gers, me / thy lips / to kiss.

 

[1]  Line 3:  Spondee

[2]  Line 4:  Pyrrhic

[3]  Line 5:  Pyrrhic

[4]  Line 5:  Trochee

[5] Line 6:  Pyrrhic

[6] Line 8:  Pyrrhic

[7] Line 10:  Pyrrhic

[8] Line 12:  Trochee

[9] Line 12:  Spondee

[10] Line 14:  Spondee