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

Ah why hath nature to so hard a hart,
giuen so goodly giftes of beauties grace?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcXXcXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1111001101 1110100101 1110110101 1111010001 10110100101 010100111 1011010111 1101010011 1111110101 11100000101 1101010101 011101110 1011111101 1100111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 604
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • 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 Xxxi;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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