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

IN that proud port, which her so goodly graceth,
whiles her faire face she reares vp to the skie:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXaa
  • 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: 01111011010 10111101001 10010111100 11010001110 110101010 1101011111 011000100 1101010110 111101001001 111110111 1011110110 1101010101 1101100111 1100111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 628
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • 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; her is repeated.

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