This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxv that begins with:

Before I loved you, love, nothing was my own:
I wavered through the streets, among...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXc XcXc XcX aXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 01111110111 11010101 10 10101101 011101110 1111010 101011 11101111 101010001 10111011 10010101 1000010001 010111011 111011100 101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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