This is an analysis of the poem Two Sonnets that begins with:

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"Why are your songs all wild and bitter sad ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdXdecbcbff X eeeeagaghhhhii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 10111111101 11001000101 1111011111 0101010101 1101011101 11010010010 11111100111 0101111101 1110011011 1111110101 10001000111 0101100101 1001010111 1101010001 1 1001111101 1101011101 1011001111 0101000101 0100010101 1101000101 0101011101 1101000101 0111000101 1101000101 0110110101 1111010101 1111111101 1111000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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