This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 12 - Indeed This Very Love Which Is My Boast that begins with:
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Indeed this very love which is my boast,... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: X abXXXbbacdcXcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1 0101011011 1111010101 1110010110 01111101010 011011100100 1111100111 1111010111 1111010101 1111111101 01101001011 1111111111 110111010100 1111111101 0111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- 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; love, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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