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

The Lord of Life shakes off his drowsihed,
And 'gins to sprinkle on the earth below... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabcbbcXdXXdX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 0101110100 1101010101 1110010111 11110101001 1111110101 1101111101 0101010101 1111111101 1111110111 11010100101 01001011100 10010101010 11111111001 0011010100 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of is repeated.

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