This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xcii: Be Your Words Made that begins with:

Be your words made, good sir, of Indian ware,
That you allow me them by so small rate?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01110101001 1101101111 1111010101 1111110101 1011011101 110101101 1110110101 1111110111 1111010111 1111011111 1001110011 0111110101 0011010111 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 604
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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, she, how are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.

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