This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxxviii: First Time He Kissed Me that begins with:
First time he kissed me, he but only kissed
The finger of this hand wherewith I write; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaXaaaaXbcbcX
- 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: 1111111101 01000110011 1101011111 101101001010 10101010100 1111110011 1111010101 0111010111 1101011011 1101011111 010010001 0101111101 0011011101 110111101110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 673
- Average number of words per stanza: 118
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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.
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