This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Of The Sweet Complaint that begins with:

Never let me lose the marvel
of your statue-like eyes, or the accent ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa baXb cXc XcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10111010 0111111011 010101011 1011111 1101010101 0101111101 010110111 1010101 01111010 011111101 011011101110 101111111 1010100110 01010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word if is repeated.

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