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

So are you to my thoughts as food to life,
Or as sweet-season'd showers are to the ground;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcdedeff
  • 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: 1110111101 11110101001 1101011111 1101010101 1111100110 10010101010 1101000101 11010111110 1111010111 111111101 0101010101 1101110101 1111110111 1100111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 654
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; as, to are repeated.

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