This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 106: When In The Chronicle Of Wasted Time that begins with:

When in the chronicle of wasted time
I see descriptions of the fairest wights,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbcdXdXdd
  • 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: 1001000101 1101000101 1101010011 0101011101 1001001101 0101010101 1110111101 10101011101 1111011100 0011111000 1111100101 1111011101 1111011011 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 604
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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