This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet XXXIII that begins with:
He that goes back does, since he goes, advance,
Though he doth not advance who goeth back,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcXdXdee
- 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: 1111111101 111101111 1111111101 1111010101 0101010101 0011000101 0110010011 1111010101 11011111001 1101010101 10011001101 0011110100 1110110100 000111011000
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 633
- Average number of words per stanza: 123
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; he, of, to are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines be is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase be connects the lines.
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- summary of Sonnet XXXIII;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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