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

The strong man's hand, the snow-cool head of age,
The certain-footed sympathies of youth -... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddcefXefX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0111011101 0101010001 1111010101 1001010111 1011010011 1110001101 1111010001 10000010111 0100110111 01001110101 0100011101 010001010111 1111010101 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 597
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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.

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  • summary of Sonnet Vii;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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