This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxxiv: With The Same Heart that begins with:

With the same heart, I said, I'll answer thee
As those, when thou shalt call me by my name-- ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccbbadedede
  • 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: 0011111101 1111111111 1011000101 0111011100 1101111100 11110111001 0111000111 1111011101 11010011101 1101110101 1111101101 11001001110 1111011101 11111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 630
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; same, my are repeated.

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