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

FAyre ye be sure, but cruell and vnkind,
As is a Tygre that with greedinesse... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXXababcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11011111 100110100 1101111111 0101110110 1011111100 1001111110 1001011100 110100010 1011111100 1001010101 1101010100 1101100111 1111111111 111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 591
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Sonnet Lvi;
  • central theme;
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