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

SHall I then silent be or shall I speake?
And if I speake, her wrath renew I shall:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaababcdcdXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111001111 1011010111 1011001101 11001001 11000011101 1111010101 1101111111 1101010101 1111010100 0101111101 1111010100 111000101 1011111111 111110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 604
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • 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; i, be, to are repeated.

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

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