This is an analysis of the poem Sion's Sonnets that begins with:

Bridegroom.
Now rests my love : till nuw her tender brest,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabXccXaddeeXfbb f XggghhffffaaffXBeeffXiffjjaaggffeeiiBXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,16,1,40,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11 1111110101 1001111111 1111101111 0101111111 1001110101 1111011101 11110011110 1101011001 11001001101 1101010101 11001010101 0111001101 0011111110 0111001101 11000111001 01011101001 1 1101001001 1110010100 11010001001 1100010001 1111011101 1001010001 11001010101 11001010101 01010100110 01011111010 0101001001 01010101001 1100100101001 1101010011 1010110001 0101110001 0101010100 11001010101 1101010001 1101010101 010101010 01011010101 0100101010101 11101110101 1101011111 11010011001 010011101001 111100101010 11010011001 1111011101 1111011101 11110110111 110010111 01010010100 01001110001 0101000101 0101110001 0100110110 11001010011 110111111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 621
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • 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; her, what, my, of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Sion's Sonnets;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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