This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxxi: Oft Do I Muse that begins with:
Oft do I muse whether my Delia's eyes
Are eyes, or else two fair bright stars that shine; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacacdedeff
- 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: 1111101101 1111111111 1111010101 0111010101 11111101010 1111010111 11010111001 1101011101 1101110111 11001010111 1111110111 0101011101 1111110101 1111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 640
- 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.
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