This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Iii: If So It Hap that begins with:

If so it hap this offspring of my care,
These fatal Anthems, sad and mournful Songs, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 0101011011 1101011101 1011110101 1011111111 1011010101 0110011101 1101111001 1101110101 1101111101 1111010011 1111111101 1111011111 1111010011 1111111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 635
  • 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; you is repeated.

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

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