This is an analysis of the poem Holy Sonnet Vi: This Is My Playes Last Scene that begins with:

This is my playes last scene, here heavens appoint
My pilgrimages last mile; and my race ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXbbaacacXX
  • 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: 001101111001 1100011111 1011011011 1111110101 11001010010 11011111101 11001011111 11010111001 111110001111 1111000111 11110111111 0111111101 0111011010 11110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 679
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, last, and are repeated.

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