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

FAyre bosome fraught with vertues richest tresure,
The neast of loue, the lodging of delight:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXababbcbcaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11010101010 0101010001 01010100010 0101001101 111101101 1111110101 111110011 101101101 1101110101 1101010101 11001101001 11011000101 1111011101 1111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 626
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • 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; of is repeated.

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

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