This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Lxxxviii that begins with:
SInce I haue lackt the comfort of that light,
The which was wont to lead my thoughts astray:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbXbXXaXaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111010011 0111011101 11010100001 1001010101 11111100101 1101111001 11001001101 1011101110 01010101 1101001101 0111111110 1011111001 10110101111 1111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 599
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, my are repeated.
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- summary of Sonnet Lxxxviii;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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