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

When I have sense of what to sense appears,
Sense is sense ere 'tis mine or mine in me is....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbcddddee
  • 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: 1111010101 10111111010 1111011111 11101101101 1111110111 11111101001 1101111111 11111011111 01010011111 11001110011 11001101001 0101101010 101010010101 1100101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 617
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; i, sense, when, part are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.

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

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