This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xvi: And Yet, Because Thou that begins with:

And yet, because thou overcomest so,
Because thou art more noble and like a king, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101110001 01111101101 1101011111 1101111111 1101111101 1011011100 1111010101 0101010101 1101010101 0111100101 1011011101 11110100111 11011000101 1111000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 612
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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, thou, i are repeated.

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