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

To prink me up, and make me higher placed,
All came too late that tarried any time; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXXXXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 0111111101 1111110101 100101111 1111110101 1001110101 1101011101 1101010101 11010100001 01001111101 0101111100 11110100101 1111001100 1101011111 1011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 634
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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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  • summary of Sonnet Iv;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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