This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxiv: I Hear Some Say that begins with:
I hear some say, "This man is not in love."
"What? Can he love? A likely thing," they say; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcbabaaa
- 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: 1111101010100 101110101011 10101100100100 1111010111 0111010001 1111010101 1101110101 1110000101 1101011111 0101011100 1111010001 1101110101 1101010101 1111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 639
- Average number of words per stanza: 116
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; this is repeated.
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