This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 08 that begins with:

Oh, love of woman, you are known to be
A passion sent to plague the hearts of men; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcdedeXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101011100 0101010101 11001110100 1001110001 1101110111 1111110111 1111011101 1101011111 1111010101 1111110001 10001000100 0111110101 1001000110 1101011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 575
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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, i, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Sonnet 08;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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