This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xlii: My Future that begins with:
My future will not copy fair my past -
I wrote that once; and thinking at my side... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXaXbacXcbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1100110111 1111110111 1100110101 0110010110 0011011111 1101111100 0100111111 11001010101 1101111101 11110101100 1111010111 1101001101 1111110100 11011001001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 597
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- 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; my is repeated.
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