This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 39 - Because Thou Hast The Power And Own'st The Grace that begins with:

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Because thou hast the power and own'st the grace... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abXaXbXacdcXcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1 01110101101 0111010101 0110111100 0111011111 011101001100 0111011101 1111010100 0101010101 001100001111 1101011101 1111010101 1111110011100 1001110111 0111011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 332
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; and, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nor is repeated.

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  • idea of the verse;
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