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

SWeet smile, the daughter of the Queene of loue,
Expressing all thy mothers powrefull art:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaaXaXXXXXaa
  • 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: 1101000101 01011101001 0111010101 1101110101 101111111 11111101010 0101011101 111011010 1010101001010 111111001 110111010010 11010011001 1111011001 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 642
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • 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.

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  • summary of Sonnet Xxxix;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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