This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet: Beauty Of Her Face that begins with:

For certain he hath seen all perfectness
Who among other ladies hath seen mine:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabbXabcdecde
  • 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: 1101111100 1011010111 1110010110 0111110101 1010010001 1001011101 0101110011 011111100 1001001111 1101010100 1110101101 0101110101 1101110100 0101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 571
  • 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; of, all, her are repeated.

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

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