This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xl that begins with:
MArk when she smiles with amiable cheare,
And tell me whereto can ye lyken it:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaababbcbXXc
- 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: 1111010001 11110011100 1111110110 1101010101 1001001101 101110101 1101010101 1011110101 1110111111 1101100111 1101101101 1001111101 11110111010 0111110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 598
- 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.
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- summary of Sonnet Xl;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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