This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xix: On Cupid's Bow that begins with:
On Cupid's bow how are my heartstrings bent,
That see my wrack, and yet embrace the same? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba abba cdc daX
- 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: 1101111101 1111110101 1111011111 1101111101 1111110101 1101110101 1111101111 1001111101 1111111101 1101111111 1001100111 1111111001 1101011101 10001110100110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; i, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.
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