This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 10: Reason that begins with:

Reason, in faith thou art well serv'd, that still
Wouldst brabbling be with sense and love in me: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab baba cXc Xdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1001111111 1100011101 1101110101 1101010101 1111110101 1111110101 1111110100 11010011100 1111110111 0101101010 1111011101 1111110101 10111100101 1100010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, with are repeated.

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

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