This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Lxiv: No More, My Dear that begins with:

No more, my dear, no more these counsels try;
Oh, give my passions leave to run their race;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111111101 1111010111 1101110101 111000010111 1110111011 1111101111 1101010111 1110101101 1111010101 1101010101 1111110111 1111010101 1111111101 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 599
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; let, my, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words let, nor are repeated.

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