This is an analysis of the poem Sonnets Xi 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
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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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: 658
- Average number of words per stanza: 106
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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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