This is an analysis of the poem Holy Sonnet Xix: Oh, To Vex Me that begins with:
Oh, to vex me, contraryes meet in one:
Inconstancy unnaturally hath begott ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXXXbacddcXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1011100101 01000100110 0101011111 1101010100 110001100 1110111110 11001000111 11011110011 111110101101 01110010111 01011011001 1101111101 101001111 11111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 588
- Average number of words per stanza: 106
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, as, and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.
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