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

Even as upon a low and cloud-domed day,
When clouds are one cloud till the horizon,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacacdedeee
  • 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: 10101011111 1111110010 1101010101 1111011011 1101011111 00001110010 0101110101 01010101010 101111001010 1101110101 11010100110 01010111001 00111100111 10111100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 617
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, very, of, absent are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

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

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