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

WAs it the worke of nature or of Art?
which tempred so the feature of her face:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbccdXdXX
  • 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: 1001010101 1101010001 1111011101 1110100101 1011011101 1001110101 0110010111 110101111001 01110011101 1011111101 1001010110 01110011101 11111110010 11011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 639
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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, doth, with, her are repeated.

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

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