This is an analysis of the poem Love Sonnet Xlii that begins with:

My true mind makes as many loves of you
As my full heart contentedly can hold....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXbba cdbcdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111110101 1111010011 1101110101 1101010001 1111110101 1011011111 1111110111 1101011101 1101010111 1101001111 1101011101 0111111101 0111001111 01111101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.

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  • summary of Love Sonnet Xlii;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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