This is an analysis of the poem The Procreation Sonnets (1 - 17) that begins with:

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From fairest creatures we desire increase,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a babcdedefgfXaa X hihiddddbjXjii X XkXklclcalalaa X iciabmbmjmjmaa a lelejnjnfbfdff a bibicjajfafcnn X fafceoeonanajj X cacadndnkgkgjX X apapqiqiififbb b cXcffkXkimimaa a XXXXbabanrnraa X lflfdidishshbb X nmnmbkbnaiaihh X scsceieimfmfff X dfdfbabcafafhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 01010101001 1111011101 1101011101 0101110100 1110001111 11110101010 1001010101 11110111110 1111011100 11010001001 0111110110 1101110100 1001110100 0101110111 1 1101010111 1111001101 1111001111 00010010111 1101111101 1101001101 0101111101 0111011101 1111011101 0111011101 11111111100 1001010101 0000111111 1111111101 1 10111101110 10011111010 11010111100 11010110110 11011111001 0101001100 1101110001 0011010100 1111011101 1101010001 1111001111 0101001101 1011010100 1101110101 1 10010001111 0111110100 1001110111 1101110111 1101011101 0101010101 1001001111 1101011111 1101001101 1011111101 1111011001 1010010111 10110101001 1111010000 1 1101010101 01011100111 0101000101 1101110101 1101011101 01001010111 1101110111 1010111001001 1011010101 01010010101 1001010001 1011010101 11001110101 1111110111 1 1111010101 0111011001 1111010111 0101010011 1101100100 1101110101 1111010101 11110000111 11110100111 01011110001 1111101101 1011000100 0111111111 0011011111 1 10010110101 1101011101 1100010101 1001010100 11010111001 01001100101 1101010101 0101010100 1101010101 1101110001 0111010101 0011110101 1110110011 10011011101 1 10011111010 1011110101 11111110110 1110010101 001110111 1101010111 1111011101 0100011111 11111100010 11011100100 0100101111010 1101110111 11011010101 10011101110 1 0011010101 1110110101 1011001101 01011101001 0100110111 1111011101 11001010111 1101010101 1111000111 11011101010 1101100111 11010101010 11011001101 1101110101 1 11011111010 1111111000 101111010010 1111101100 11110101001 11111110010 101101010 10011011010 1111111111 1101011101 0111001011 1010111101 1101011101 1101110111 1 1111111111 01010111100 1111110110 11111101100 0111010101 0101011101 0101010111 1101110101 1111011111 11001110010 1111011101 11011101010 1111011111 1111111101 1 1111011101 11011101001 1101010011 110111001001 1101111001 1101010001 1101110101 1101011101 1011011101 1101010111 1111010101 1111111101 1101111101 1101111111 1 1110111111 1101111111 0101011101 1111001101 1111011101 1101010110 1001101001 1111011111 1111011001 1100010101 0101010101 1101010101 1111011111 1101011111 1 1001111101 1110110100 1101001101 0101110100 1111001101 1001010111 1101000111 1101110101 1011110101 1101001111 1111010101 0010011110 1101011101 1101110111 1 11010100111 10010101010 1011100111 100101010010 1101111101 1111010111 1011011101 1111110100 1001001001 1111010111 1101100001 0111010101 1101011101 1110111011 1 110011101001 1101010101 1101110101 011111101 11110101010 1101010101 010011111010 1101110101 1101011101 1011011101 1001011101 1111110101 0101101101 1111111111 1 1001110101 0001011110 11101001101 1111111111 0111010011 10110101110 0101111101 110010111010 11110100011 0111101111 1111010101 11101011 1011010111 1111001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 34
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 256
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; thy, thou, of, ten, times, his, from, one, that, be, and, you, i, your are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

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  • summary of The Procreation Sonnets (1 - 17);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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