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

There was a youth around whose early way
White angels hung in converse and sweet choir, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeXXeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1101011101 11010101110 1001010101 01110100010 0111010101 1011010101 1101110111 010101101011 0101011111 1111011000 1011000110 01010010101 0101010101 0011110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 620
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; in is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Sonnet Iii;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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