This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xviii that begins with:

THe rolling wheele that runneth often round,
The hardest steele in tract of time doth teare:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXbcXccdcdXX
  • 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: 0101110101 0101010111 1101110101 01011001001 11010100101 1110010011 1101101101 11010111001 1111111111 1111110101110 11111101101 111111011010 1111111101 1111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 639
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, she, when, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Sonnet Xviii;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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