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

MOst glorious Lord of lyfe that on this day,
Didst make thy triumph ouer death and sin:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbabXXXaXcc
  • 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: 11001011101 111101111 111011101 100111001 0101110101 1111111101 1001111101 111100100 1111110100 1111110110 1111111111 0111010100 11101111111 10010101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 594
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; loue is repeated.

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