This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxix: When Conquering Love that begins with:
To the Senses
When conquering Love did first my Heart assail, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aXaXbXbXbbbbcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 0010 11001011101 10111101001 1001110101 1111011110 1101010101 11010010100 1110111001 1101001100 1111010101 0101010101 1111011011 1101011101 1111011111 0101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 321
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; with, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, and are repeated.
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More information about poems by Michael Drayton
- Analysis of Sonnet X: To Nothing Fitter
- Analysis of Sonnet Vii: Love In A Humour
- Analysis of Sonnet Xliv: Whilst Thus My Pen
