This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxx: Still In The Trace that begins with:

Still in the trace of my tormented thought,
My ceaseless cares must march on to my death; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcXdadaee
  • 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: 1001011101 1101111011 1101010111 1011010101 1111111011 11010100011 1111011101 1111111001 01001011111 1111010011 1101110111 1111100111 1111010011 1011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 632
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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