This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxiii that begins with:
What good is it to me that once you praised
The golden splendour of my plaited hair,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba caac aadXddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1000011111 0101001101 1101111101 0100110111 1101011100 1111111101 1111011101 1101110100 1011010001 1001010101 0101011101 111101010 110101111 110001111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Sonnet Xxiii;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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