This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 131 [I'd sing of Love in such a novel fashion] that begins with:
I'd sing of Love in such a novel fashion
that from her cruel side I would draw by force...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXab accX bXd XXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 11010101010 10010111111 0101011001 00110101010 11010101110 0111110100 1111011011 11011100101 1111010001 1101010100 11010111010 1011011111 1100000111 1101001101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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