This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xvii: His Mother Dear Cupid that begins with:

His mother dear Cupid offended late,
Because that Mars grown slacker in her love, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXa abba aca cdd
  • 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: 0101100101 0111110001 0101101101 0101011101 0101110101 1101010101 1101100101 1111110101 1101010100 0101111101 1001010100 1111111111 11100111101 1011111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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