This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Cycle For Lady Magdalen that begins with:

Her of your name, whose fair inheritance
Bethina was, and jointure Magdalo: ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabcdadeaeXfX X CXgXcgdXcfXcdD X DhddhXdbibieX X XffeeffXddddbB j BffbbffbkXkXlL X LffllaflddddjJ l JddXXdXXXckddD X DllddllddmdmcC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,1,14,1,13,1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0011110100 1001110100 1101110001 1111110101 0101011010 0100011100 1001110110 1111000111 0111010111 0101011100 1110101001 0101101100 1101010101 1011001110 11010 1111010111 101101100 1100111100 1100110010 111011011 0111010100 1111011111 010101110100 01111011111 1111011101 0111110010 0011011101 1111110101 010011001 11000 010011001 111100011001 1101110111 1101011001 0100111111 11111111101 1001111111 11010110101 10011011110 1110011111 11010111010 10101110101 10001000111 1100 10001000111 11010000100 1111100001 1011001101 1111111111 111001100101 101100010001 10010101001 1111011111 1111111111 1101011101 1111001011 1110100101 00110110011 110 00110110011 1011111111 1011011101 1101010001 0111011111 0100110110 1111111101 0101011101 0111110011 11110100100 11111101110 0010100100 1001010101 11000101001 1100 11000101001 110110101 11110010101 0101010011 1101111011 01111000100 1101010101 100110100001 101111011 10011011111 10101111111 1111011101 11111011001 1011011111 11010 1011011111 1111000101 1101110101 11110101111 1110110110 111111101 101111110 00110111110 1011101100 1111011111 11110100101 111011110111 1101110101 0101110101 1100 0101110101 11001000111 1111011010 110111111 0101010101 1001111101 1111010101 1111111001 11111101011 1110111101 1111110111 1011111111 10110101101 1111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 118
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, of, ends, all, that, thou, in, thy, with, death, hee, which are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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