This is an analysis of the poem The World that begins with:

By day she woos me, soft, exceeding fair:
But all night as the moon so changeth she;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXaaXbacdcede
  • 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: 1111110101 1111011101 10110100100 1101010001 1111100101 1111011100 1101011111 0101010111 1111011111 0101010001 0101111101 0001011111 1100101111 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 602
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • 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.

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  • summary of The World;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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