This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 83: Good, Brother Philip that begins with:
Good, brother Philip, I have borne you long.
I was content you should in favor creep, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba abba cXc Xaa
- 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: 0101011111 1110110101 1100111101 1111110111 1101011111 1001101101 1111110101 0101111101 1111010101 0100010100 1011110110 1111011100 1111110011 1111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i are repeated.
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