This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxiv: These Sorrowing Sighs that begins with:
These sorrowing sighs, the smokes of mine annoy;
These tears, which heat of sacred flame distills; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcdbdbee
- 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: 11001010101 1111010101 1111011111 100101101 1101111100 1011110101 110100010011 11011010101 1101110011 1101011111 1111100101 1111110101 11011111010 11010111110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 637
- Average number of words per stanza: 113
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; these, my, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word these is repeated.
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More information about poems by Samuel Daniel
- Analysis of Sonnet Xxv: False Hope Prolongs
- Analysis of Sonnet Xix: Restore Thy Tresses
- Analysis of Sonnet Iv: These Plaintive Verses