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

Whom the gods love die young ! The happiest time
Comes first, 'twere better not to live the rest ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccccdedeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10111101001 1111010101 1100010011 1111011100 11110111010 11010001001 11010101010 1101010011 1011010101 11010011101 1101010101 1111010111 1111110101 1101001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 636
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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