This is an analysis of the poem Two Sonnets that begins with:
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Just as I wonder at the twofold screen ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abbaabba cdacda X eddeebbe baaXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,6,1,8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 1111010111 0101001111 1111000001 0100010110 1111011111 0111110100 0101010001 01110010001 1111110101 1100011011 0110010101 110101001 1100011001 0101001101 1 1001111101 0100010001 0100011001 1101100001 11001011101 1101011011 0100101101 1101010111 110111011 0100010001 0111011111 1111001101 1111110101 0101010100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- 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; of, to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.
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- summary of Two Sonnets;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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