This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 44: If The Dull Substance Of My Flesh Were Thought that begins with:

If the dull substance of my flesh were thought,
Injurious distance should not stop my way;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbadadee
  • 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: 0011001101 01001011111 1101011101 0101011111 1101111101 0101010101 1101111111 1111011110 1111111111 01110101111 1111011101 1101110011 0101110011 1101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 635
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • 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.

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