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

We are in Fate and Fate's and do but lack
Outness from soul to know ourselves its dwelling,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 11011101111 10010101010 1110110111 110110000010 1111010101 0111111111 1110010101 11010101001 0100011101 11010010011 1001001100 11011011101 1011010111 110101000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 598
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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, we, our are repeated.

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

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