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

TEll me when shall these wearie woes haue end,
Or shall their ruthlesse torment neuer cease:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbXXXXXXXcc
  • 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: 111111111 1111001101 11110010101 01101000101 01110110101 1101000101 1111001110 1101011100 11111011000 11110101110 1101111110 11110101100 1101110101 1101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 602
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • 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; ye, haue are repeated.

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