This is an analysis of the poem Sonnets Ix that begins with:
FAREWELL! thou art too dear for my possessing,
And like enough thou know'st thy estimate: ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababaaaXaaaacc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11111111010 1101111100 01001111010 1101110101 11111111110 11110101010 01001101010 11110101010 10111111110 11011101010 11110101010 11011101010 11111101110 11011101110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 677
- Average number of words per stanza: 117
- 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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