This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 55: Muses, I Oft Invoked that begins with:

Muses, I oft invoked your hold aid,
With choicest flow'rs my speech t'engarland so ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba abba cdc dee
  • 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: 101101111 0101111001 1001011101 1111011101 1111010111 1001010001 01110100111 1111010101 1111111101 1101001101 1101010001 1111101111 1111111111 1111110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; to, but are repeated.

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