This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Lviii: In Former Times that begins with:
In former times such as had store of coin,
In wars at home, or when for conquests bound, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcdedebb
- 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: 0101111101 0111111111 1111110101 10010100101 1001001101 1101111101 1111010111 00110111101 1011110101 1001010001 101010110111 0111011101 10110010011 10011110100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 640
- Average number of words per stanza: 122
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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.
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