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

VNquiet thought, whom at the first I bred,
Of th'inward bale of my loue pined hart:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbabaabaXcc
  • 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: 11110111 010101111 110101011001 1101111101 1111100101 0111010101 1111010111 1100101101 1001001101 1101110101 1011010101 1011111110 10111111110 01111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 624
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.

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

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