This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 18 that begins with:
XVIII
Cyriack, whose Grandsire on the Royal Bench... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abbaaXbacdXcdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1 1011010101 0101001101 1010010111 1101111101 0111010101 01110101010 1101110101 1101011101 01011110011 01100110101 1101110110 1001111101 1010110101 11110101001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 328
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; and, what are repeated.
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- summary of Sonnet 18;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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