This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xvi: Mongst All The Creatures that begins with:

An Allusion to the Phoenix
'Mongst all the creatures in this spacious round ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbabccbdeedaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10100010 1101000101 0011010001 1111010101 1101110101 1100011101 01010011010 11010111010 1111010010 101101101 01110101010 01010111010 1011010101 1111100101 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 322
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Sonnet Xvi: Mongst All The Creatures;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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