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

The paynefull smith with force of feruent heat,
the hardest yron soone doth mollify:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabbXbaaXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01001010101 0101011101 100111101 1100110101 1101110111 0111110110 1110111011 1111000101 1101110111 0111000101 11010010101 0101100010 11100110101 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 603
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • 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; she is repeated.

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

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