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

O HOW much more doth beauty beauteous seem
By that sweet ornament which truth doth give! ... 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: 1111110101 1111001111 0111110101 1111011001 0101111101 1001100010 1111111100 1101111010 1111010011 1110110001 1001110111 0111110101 1101101101 1111111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 664
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • 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; doth, as, their are repeated.

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