This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 13 - And Wilt Thou Have Me Fashion Into Speech that begins with:

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And wilt thou have me fashion into speech... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbaabbacbcbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1 1111110001 0111110101 1101110111 0111001111 1101111101 1101110111 0111111111 0101101101 1101001101 0111010101 10111101101 1101001101 1011010101 1110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 298
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; i, of are repeated.

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