This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxxv: The Lamp's Shrine that begins with:
Sometimes I fain would find in thee some fault,
That I might love thee still in spite of it:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaabaabcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0111110111 1111110100 1111110111 1011111101 0111111111 10011100101 1111111100 11001000101 1011011111 1101010111 0101010011 0111010101 1101001110 1111011100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 614
- Average number of words per stanza: 116
- 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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