This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Viii: Why, Through Each Aching Vein that begins with:
Why, through each aching vein, with lazy pace
Thus steals the languid fountain of my heart, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111010101 1101010011 1001110101 1011001101 01110011111 1001010101 1101010101 11001011101 110111111 1101010101 1111111101 1001110101 1110010101 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 641
- Average number of words per stanza: 116
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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