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

O gentle gaze, o eyes where beauty grows,
Like little gardens full of amorous flowers,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa baab cbc bdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101111101 110101010010 1010110110 11111111010 1101001101 10101101001 11011100111 1000101101 1111110111 01000111010 1111011101 0111001101 1101010111 1011111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; where, you are repeated.

    The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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