This is an analysis of the poem Sonnets Xciv: They That Have Power To Hurt And Will Do None that begins with:

They that have power to hurt and will do none,
That do not do the thing they most do show,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeXeXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 11110011011 1111011111 1101010111 011100101 11010101010 1101010001 11011100110 1011001100 01010000101 1001010111 10110010101 01011000100 1101110111 1011011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 647
  • 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.

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