This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet: A. M. D. that begins with:
Methinks I see thee, lying straight and low,
Silent and darkling, in thy earthy bed,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdbdcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1011110111 1011001101 0101011101 01110100111 1111110111 100101111 1001111111 1111111111 1101110001 1111111101 1111011111 1111111111 1100110101 1111010011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 640
- Average number of words per stanza: 123
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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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