This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxxvi: Thou Purblind Boy that begins with:
Cupid Conjured
Thou purblind boy, since thou hast been so slack ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdededXdXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1010 1101111011 0101111101 1100010011 1011110101 1101110101 11110100010 110011100011 11110001010 1111101010 1111010101 11110111010 1101110111 1101111111 0101110011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 15
- 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; by is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word by is repeated.
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