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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