This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Iv: Virtue, Alas that begins with:
Virtue, alas, now let me take some rest.
Thou set'st a bate between my soul and wit. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa aaaa bbc bXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1001111111 1101011111 0111110101 11110111100 0101011101 1011111111 1101100101 1111001111 1011111100 0101010101 1110010101 1111111101 1101110100 1101101001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- 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; thou is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.
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