This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 67: Hope, Art Thou True that begins with:
Hope, art thou true, or dost thou flatter me?
Doth Stella now begin with piteous eye ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXa aaaa bcXXcbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111111101 1101010101 0100010010 011101110 0110010111 1111011101 1101011101 1101110101 1111110111 1111111100 11110101100 1111010010 1101110001 1011110111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
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