This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxxix: Some, When In Rhyme that begins with:

Some, when in rhyme they of their loves do tell,
With flames and lightnings their exordiums paint; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcXdadaXX
  • 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: 1101101111 0111011001 1111110011 1111001101 01000110111 1011011100 0111011100 1111111101 1010011001 111110111 11011100101 1111000101 1111010110 10111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 600
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; some, their, and, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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