This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Vi: Is It To Love that begins with:

Is it to love, to fix the tender gaze,
To hide the timid blush, and steal away;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbabcbcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0001010101 0101011101 0101011101 0111010101 0001110101 0111110111 0101110101 0101010101 00011010101 0101111101 0101000101 1101001101 0001011101 1111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 593
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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.

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

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

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  • summary of Sonnet Vi: Is It To Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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