This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xiii:The Light That Rises From Your Feet To Your Hair that begins with:

The light that rises from your feet to your hair,
the strength enfolding your delicate form,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXab XcXd dXb caX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01110011011 0110011001 11100111010 111010101001 0111001001 0010101 101110011 111011010001 111101111 11010100101 1110100100 1011010001 111100010 011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Sonnet Xiii:The Light That Rises From Your Feet To Your Hair;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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