This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet that begins with:
The way the world is not
Astonished at you...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABXXXXXcXcaXBA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
- Metre: 010101 01011 010101 111001 1101 110010000100 1100100 0100101 010101100 01010110 01011011101011 1010101 01011 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 409
- Average number of words per stanza: 81
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; of, course, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Sonnet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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