This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 05: If I Should Learn, In Some Quite Casual Way that begins with:

If I should learn, in some quite casual way,
That you were gone, not to return again—...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXbXbaXaXcc
  • 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: 01110111001 11011001100 1001100101 1101000111 1101000101 1101110101 0100100100010 1101110001 11111000111 011111010100 1111010111 00110100111 1111110101 1011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 633
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; to, i are repeated.

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  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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