This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxiv: Rich Fools There Be that begins with:
Rich fools there be, whose base and filthy heart
Lies hatching still the goods wherein they flow: ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab abab 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: 1110111101 1101010111 1101110101 1101111101 1011111101 1111111111 1101110101 1101101101 1111111101 0101011101 1101011101 1101011101 1111011101 1111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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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