This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 88: Out, Traitor Absence that begins with:
Out, traitor Absence, darest thou counsel me
From my dear captainess to run away, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa aaaa bbcXaac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11010101101 0111000101 010101111 1011110011 0111101101 1101111101 1011111101 01010110101 1101110111 110110101 1100110101 1101111101 0111111100 01010110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.
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