This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 108: What's In The Brain That Ink May Character that begins with:

What's in the brain that ink may character
Which hath not figured to thee my true spirit?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcdedeff
  • 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: 1001111100 11110011110 1101110100 11011111110 1011111101 11111100101 1011110011100 10111110111 1101010111 1101110001 1101010101 1101001101 1001010111 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 629
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.

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