Poem Analysis of Sonnet 15 by John Milton for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 15 that begins with:

XV
On The Late Massacher In Piemont... full text

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Rhyme scheme: X X abbaXbbacdcdcd
Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,14,
Closest metre: iambic pentameter
Сlosest rhyme: limerick
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: blank verse
Metre: 1 101100010 0111110111 1101011101 1011111101 1111010111 01101101110 1011101101 1101010011 1001010111 0101000111 0111011101 1110011111 0101010111 01001110111 10110101001
Amount of stanzas: 3
Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
Average number of words per stanza: 39
Amount of lines: 16
Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy is repeated.

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Sonnet 15 by John Milton: poem analysis

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