This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxxix that begins with:
Because thou hast the power and own'st the grace
To look through and behind this mask of me... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaabXacdcdcd
- 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: 01110101101 0111010101 0110111100 0111011111 0111010011 0111011101 1111010100 0101010101 00110011111 1101011101 1111010101 11111100111 1001110111 0111011110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 644
- Average number of words per stanza: 112
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nor is repeated.
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