This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 31: Thy Bosom Is EndearÈD With All Hearts that begins with:

Thy bosom is endearèd with all hearts,
Which I by lacking have supposèd dead,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbcdedecc
  • 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: 110010000011 111101100001 1111111101 11111111000 110010101001 1101011011 11000011101 1101110011 1101110111 1001001101 1111010101 1101010101 1100111101 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 624
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • 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; and, d, all, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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