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

I sat within the temple of her heart,
And watched the living Soul as it passed through,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadbcdeebbff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1101010001 1101011011 0101010111 0101010111 0111010001 0111011101 0100010101 1101010101 1100100111 1101010101 011000111 0100110111 0100101101 010111110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 607
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; of is repeated.

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

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

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