This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 102: Wher Be Those Roses Gone that begins with:
Where be those roses gone, which sweeten'd so our eyes?
Where those red cheeks, which oft with fair increase did frame ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba abba ccX ddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 101101110111 111111010101 010100010101 110101101101 100101010101 1101011110001 1111110100101 111111110101 100101110101 110101010101 110111110101 001111010011 010111010001 110101101111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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