This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Lvi. that begins with:
IF, by his torturing, savage foes untraced,
The breathless captive gain some trackless glade,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabaacacdbdbdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 010100101100 0101011101 1101110101 1101010001 0101110101 10011100101 11001011101 10010010111 0101110001 11010010101 1011000101 1011000101 1101011101 1111001110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 635
- Average number of words per stanza: 109
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.
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- summary of Sonnet Lvi.;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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