This is an analysis of the poem Sonnets Xvii that begins with:
O NEVER say that I was false of heart,
Though absence seem'd my flame to qualify! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbcbbbbdd
- 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: 1101111101 1101110101 1101101101 1011101111 1011010111 1111010101 1001100101 1111110111 1001101101 1101011101 1011100001 0111011100 1100110111 1111001111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 640
- Average number of words per stanza: 115
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.
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More information about poems by William Shakespeare
- Analysis of Sonnets I
- Analysis of Sonnets Viii
- Analysis of Sonnet Iv: Unthrifty Loveliness, Why Dost Thou Spend