This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xlix: Thou Leaden Brain that begins with:
Thou leaden brain, which censur'st what I write,
And say'st my lines be dull and do not move, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccccdedeff
- 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: 1101110111 1111011111 1101111101 11011100101 1111110111 1101011111 11011100101 1111110111 111111101 100101101110 1111111111 01011101010 111101001001 1111010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 684
- Average number of words per stanza: 119
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, not, whose, thy, hath, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word whose is repeated.
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