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

I touch you as a lonely violin touches the suburbs of the faraway place
patiently the river asks for its share of the drizzle ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXabaabXXabX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 111101000110010001011 10001011010010 1111001110010010 11101001101011101 10110110111 01001101111100101 110101110011011 11110100010011110 101001111101 11011101011011111 0010110010110101 001001010010101 11011000110001001011 1011111010110101 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 447
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, your are repeated.

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  • summary of Sonnet V;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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