This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 4: Unthrifty Loveliness, Why Dost Thou Spend that begins with:
Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend
Upon thy self thy beauty's legacy?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabcdcdededbb
- 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: 10010001111 0111110100 1001110111 1101110111 1101011101 0101010101 1001001111 1101011111 1101001001 1010111101 1111011001 1010010111 10110101001 1100011010000
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 600
- Average number of words per stanza: 103
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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