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

TRust not the treason of those smyling lookes,
vntill ye haue theyr guylefull traynes well tryde:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXbabbXbXcc
  • 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: 11010011010 11111001011 1111111010 1001011111 11010101111 101110101 110111011 1111010101 111010101 011101101 111100011 11010100110 1101111111 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 648
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; them, her are repeated.

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  • summary of Sonnet Xlvii;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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