This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 103: Oh Happy Thames that begins with:

Oh happy Thames, that didst my Stella bear,
I saw thyself with many a smiling line ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab Xbab ccc cdd
  • 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: 1101111101 11100100101 01110111001 1111011101 0111110110 1101010101 10011100101 1001110101 111111111 1111110101 1001011101 1101010101 0111111101 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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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