This is an analysis of the poem Sonnets Xcii: Xciii: The Sun's Shame that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccXbccbXaadda XdeeddffdXggXhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,15,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 01011101001 0111010101 10110100101 1001110110 110010011001 11110100101 1111010101 11010101001 11111101100 10101001111 1111101111 0101110111 0101110101 01110010001 1 1111011101 01010111001 11110011011 1111010101 11001110011 1111100011 1100110101 01011010100 10101110011 01110111111 10000010101 1111001101010 11101011100 11011100001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 643
- Average number of words per stanza: 111
- Amount of lines: 30
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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- summary of Sonnets Xcii: Xciii: The Sun's Shame;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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- Analysis of Sonnet Xv: The Birth-Bond
- Analysis of Sonnet I: Love Enthroned
