This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Lii that begins with:

So am I as the rich, whose blessed key
Can bring him to his sweet up-locked treasure,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcXdedeff
  • 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: 111101111 1110011110 011011001001 11001101010 1111110111 1101000111 110111011 1101000100 1001111111 1101110111 0111010101 1101000101 111110011 10101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 671
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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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