This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxvi that begins with:

SWeet is the Rose, but growes vpon a brere;
Sweet is the Iunipere, but sharpe his bough;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaababbcbcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001110101 1001001101 1001011101 1001010101 1001010101 1001110001 1001111101 1101010101 1101010101 110001001 111110110 1101111101 1111100101 110101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 612
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; sweet, but, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word sweet is repeated.

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