This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xix. To Mr. Haley, that begins with:

On receiving some elegant lines from him.
FOR me the Muse a simple band design'd... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababcdcdefefaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10101100101 1101010101 01010110101 1001010111 0101110111 11011101010 1111010111 11010101010 1001010101 11010111101 0101100101 11001010101 01011001001 1101010101 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 334
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • 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 Xix. To Mr. Haley,;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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