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

Like a bad suitor desperate and trembling
From the mixed sense of being not loved and loving,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbcXdXdee
  • 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: 101101001100 001101011110 10110111010 01111111110 1101010101 1010010101 0111110011 01110100111 1111111101 1101101101 10011100110 01001110111 1101111101 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 658
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • 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; proof is repeated.

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

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