of regular iambic pentameter, including the 5th line: × / × / × / × / × / Your name from hence immortal life shall have, (81.5) The 2nd and 4th lines feature a final extrametrical syllable or feminine ending: × / × / × / × / × / (×) Or you survive when I in earth am rotten; (81.2) / = ictus, a metrically strong syllabic position. × = nonictus. (×) = extrametrical syllable. The meter calls for line 8's "entombèd" to be pronounced as 3 syllables, and line 14's "even" as 1. References Further reading British poems Sonnets by William Shakespeare