This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xvii: Why Should I Sing In Verse that begins with:
Why should I sing in verse, why should I frame
These sad neglected notes for her dear sake? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdadXdaa
- 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: 1111011111 1101011011 1111011001 0101011111 11110101110 1101011101 11100111010 1101010001 0001110001 1101010101 0001110110 1101010101 1011111101 1111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 621
- Average number of words per stanza: 112
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; why, i, should, to, her are repeated.
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