This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Lii: What? Dost Thou Mean that begins with:
What? Dost thou mean to cheat me of my heart?
To take all mine and give me none again? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcdXdXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 1111011011 0111111101 1111110111 1111110101 1101011101 1111011101 1100111111 1111011111 1101011101 1101010111 1111110110 01110111100 1110011111 1011000101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 621
- Average number of words per stanza: 124
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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More information about poems by Michael Drayton
- Analysis of How Many Paltry Foolish Painted Things
- Analysis of Sonnet Li: Calling To Mind
- Analysis of Sonnet Lv: My Fair, If Thou Wilt
