This is an analysis of the poem God, Whom Shall I Compare To Thee? that begins with:
God, whom shall I compare to Thee,
When Thou to none canst likened be?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbb bbccc ddeXe ffggX aaccc cchhh iiddd XXccc ccXaa ddiii jjXh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 11011100 10110111 01011101 11011011 10111101 1101001001 11111101 11110101 111111001 11011101 10110001 11101101 11110110 11111101 11010101 11010101 11001101 01111101 10111110 01010001 01010101 01111101 10110001 11110111 11010101 11011101 10011111 11010101 01110101 01010101 01010101 10010111 11010101 01011111 11011100 11011100 11111101 11110111 10110011 11001101 11010111 01110110 00110001 11011101 11011111 11011111 10011111 01010111 11010011 1100110101 0101110001 01011010
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, can, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words whose, were, the, thy are repeated.
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