This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xi: You Not Alone that begins with:

You not alone, when you are still alone,
O God, from you that I could private be. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdaeaebb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1101111101 1101111100 1110110111 1101111101 01001100110 11010011010 10011111010 11010111010 1111111101 01111111011 1101110101 11010101111 1101111111 0111101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 612
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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  • history of its creation;
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