This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 07 that begins with:

Grief dies like joy; the tears upon my cheek
Will disappear like dew. Dear God! I know... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddcXeebbe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010111 0101111111 1101001101 1111011111 0101010101 0111010111 10110101101 0101011111 1111111101 1101011111 1111000111 1001110111 1101111011 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 593
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to, it are repeated.

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  • summary of Sonnet 07;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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