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

No more be grieved at that which thou hast done:
Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdceceff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1101111111 1011110101 1101011111 1101010101 1111110100 1010111001 1101010101 0101111111 10110011101 1011001100 1111010101 1101001111 1111000110 0111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 649
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; and, thy are repeated.

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