This is an analysis of the poem The Sonnets To Orpheus: Xxv that begins with:

But you now, dear girl, whom I loved like a flower whose
name...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbc daXd edfg fge X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,3,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111111110101 1 11011111001001 10111111011000 100010001001 101101011001 101111110101 1011001001100 010101001101 010011110101 11110111010 010 01100010010001 011011010111110 1001110010010 010010000101 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; i, it are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Sonnets To Orpheus: Xxv;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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