This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xlvii: In Pride Of Wit that begins with:

In pride of wit when high desire of fame
Gave life and courage to my laboring pen, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 01011101001 11110011001 1101110011 1111000101 010110011 1001010101 1011110101 0101010111 01111100101 10111100111 1011010001 1101010001 1101010101 1111001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 589
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

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