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

We are born at sunset and we die ere morn,
And the whole darkness of the world we know,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcdedeff
  • 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: 11111111111 1011000111 1111010101 0011000101 1001111111 1101000111 1111111011 1111010001 1111010001 1101101101 1101110101 1001100101 1101110011 0101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 660
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; we is repeated.

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

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