This is an analysis of the poem Holy Sonnets: Since She Whom I Lov'D Hath Paid Her Last Debt that begins with:
Since she whom I lov'd hath paid her last debt
To nature, and to hers, and my good is dead,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaabbacdcdaa
- 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: 1111111011 01010011001 101100010100 10010011101 1001001101 0111111101 111111111111 0101010111 1111111101 1111101011 1111011101 1101110101 1011010011 1011110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 668
- Average number of words per stanza: 122
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; and is repeated.
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