This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 38: that begins with:
How can my muse want subject to invent,
While thou dost breathe, that pour'st into my verse... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcacadXdaee
- 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: 1111101001 1111110011 1111001100 11001010001 1111010101 1001010111 1111110101 1111110101 0101111101 1111110100 1111111111 0101001111 01111111001 0101111001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 617
- Average number of words per stanza: 114
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; thy is repeated.
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