This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Iv: Bright Star Of Beauty that begins with:

Bright star of beauty, on whose eyelids sit
A thousand nymph-like and enamour'd Graces, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdbebeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1101011111 010111100010 0100010011 110101110010 0111010101 1101011101 111110101 1101010111 1101010101 1100010101 1111110101 0111111001 1111011011 0111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 612
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.

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  • summary of Sonnet Iv: Bright Star Of Beauty;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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