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

THE WEAVER.
LITTLE they think, the giddy and the vain, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababcdcdbbbbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 010 1011010101 10011010101 1011011101 1001110001 10110100101 1001000101 1001101101 1110000101 1011011101 111100111001 0100100011001 0101010001 10110101011 11010010111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 334
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

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

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