This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet XXIX that begins with:

My weary life, that lives unsatisfied
On the foiled off-brink of being e'er but this,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacacdedeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101110101 101110101010 01010001001 1000011101 11010101010 001001011 01010011010 0110111101 101001001010 1101010101 11010101010 1110110010 10011000011 11010010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 601
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; to is repeated.

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