This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xlviii: Cupid, I Hate Thee that begins with:
Cupid, I hate thee, which I'd have thee know;
A naked starveling ever may'st thou be. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXXXXcbcbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1011111111 01010010110 1111110111 11111000101 1011110010 0111011001 1111110001 1011011110 1101110101 110101100101 1111110101 1111011101 1101110011 1011111011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 626
- Average number of words per stanza: 114
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thee is repeated.
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