This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Lx. To An Amiable Girl that begins with:

MIRANDA! mark where shrinking from the gale,
Its silken leaves yet moist with early dew,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeXefff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 0101110001 0101110101 11110010001 1011111011 10010010101 0101010101 1101010001 01010000101 0101010101 01010101000 0101011101 0101000101 0111010101 0101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 599
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.

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  • summary of Sonnet Lx. To An Amiable Girl;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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