This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 60: When My Good Angel Guides Me that begins with:

When my good angel guides me to the place,
Where all my good I do in Stella see, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba abba cdc dXa
  • 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: 1101011001 1110110101 1101110111 1001110001 110110101 1110011101 0101010100 1111001101 1111011101 1111110100 0100111101 1101011111 1101010100 101111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; i is repeated.

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