This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 34 - With The Same Heart, I Said, I'Ll Answer Thee that begins with:

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With the same heart, I said, I'll answer thee... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXbccbbadeXede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1 0011111101 111111111100 1011000101 0111011100 1101111100 11110111001 0111000111 1111011101 11010011101 1101110101 111110100010 11001001110 1111011101 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 317
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • 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; same is repeated.

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