This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet XXVII that begins with:
How yesterday is long ago! The past
Is a fixed infinite distance from to-day,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 1101010101 00110010001 1111011101 00100010101 10000100010 1001010001 10111110010 1101110111 01101100101 010010011001 11101110101 1111101101 0110100101 1111001011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 598
- Average number of words per stanza: 119
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.
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- summary of Sonnet XXVII;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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