This is an analysis of the poem Sonnets Lxxiv: Lxxv:Lxxvi: Old And New Art that begins with:

I. ST. LUKE THE PAINTER
Give honour unto Luke Evangelist;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccbbccbdeffed g XeehheeXbijbij X abbXXbbakkbggb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111010 1101010100 110101101 1111010111 1011110101 01001011101 1111110101 1101001101 1111011111 1011010101 1111001101 0101010011 1100011111 1001010101 1011011111 1111 1111110101 0111010011 1111010111 1101001101 0101110111 1101011101 1100110101 1011111111 1110011100 1011110011 1101111111 1001001111 1101011101 1101111111 10100 1111101110 1101100101 0101010111 1001111110 1100110101 1011010101 1001111011 1111111110 0111100100 1111000101 1011010111 1101111010 0111000101 11011010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; and, to are repeated.

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

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