This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 11: As Fast As Thou Shalt Wane, So Fast Thou Grow'st that begins with:

As fast as thou shalt wane, so fast thou grow'st
In one of thine, from that which thou departest,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXababcdcdbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111111111 01010111100 1111110110 11111101100 0111010101 0101011101 0101010111 1101110101 1111011111 11001110010 1111011101 11011101010 1111011111 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 682
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; thou, and are repeated.

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