This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xliii: While From The Dizzy Precipice that begins with:

While from the dizzy precipice I gaze,
The world receding from my pensive eyes,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaXaabcbcbc
  • 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: 1001010011 0101001101 11011010101 1001010101 0111110101 11001010111 1011010101 1010110101 1101010001 1001010101 1101101101 0101010101 1111011101 110010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 621
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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