This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet I that begins with:
Down the strait vistas where a city street
Fades in pale dust and vaporous distances, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaaccadabbda
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1011010101 10111100100 1011011111 1011010101 11010110111 1101100111 10110101001 1001000101 1101000111 1101010111 010010010101 1001010101 1101010101 01000100001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 637
- Average number of words per stanza: 108
- 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; and, with are repeated.
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- summary of Sonnet I;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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