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

Like to a ship that storms urge on its course,
By its own trials our soul is surer made....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdaXddee
  • 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: 1001111101 10110110101 0101110101 11010010001 1101100111 01010100001 0101010111 011001100101 0111001100 0111101111 10110001000 0101001111 1111010101 1011011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 632
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • 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; its, port are repeated.

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

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