This is an analysis of the poem Sonnets I that begins with:

SHALL I compare thee to a Summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcXdXdXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1101100101 1111011100 1111010101 1101111101 1111010101 1100010101 11001011101 11110101100 1101010111 11010011110 11111100001 10010101110 1111111111 1110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 669
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, nor, so are repeated.

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  • summary of Sonnets I;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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