This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 17 that begins with:
XVII
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abcaabcadedbbe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1 1001010101 11011111110 11101111010 1101011101 0011010101 1101100101 01011101010 01011110111 1110111111 0101011111 0101111101 1001011101 1101011111 0101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 324
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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