This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 06 that begins with:

Oh, you are more desirable to me
Than all I staked in an impulsive hour, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbbbdeed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11110100001 11110101010 1011010100 10110010110 1111011111 11010100010 01110100001 10111100010 1011111100 1101010100 0101110001 1001010111 0101010111 1101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 588
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Sonnet 06;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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