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

Before mine eye, to feed my greedy will,
'Gan muster eke mine old acquainted mates, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcbcbdedeff
  • 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: 0111011100 1101110101 1101010101 11010101000 1101010101 0111000101 1101110101 1111010101 11001010101 10110101111 1010111011 0101011101 11001110101 11001011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 616
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Sonnet Ii;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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