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

For shame! deny that thou bear'st love to any,
Who for thyself art so unprovident.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabbcXcdedeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11011111010 1110111000 101111010010 11111001100 11110101001 11101110010 101101010 10011011010 1111111111 1101011101 0111001011 1010111101 1101011101 1101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 685
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; thou, to are repeated.

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