This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xv. To Schiller that begins with:
Schiller! that hour I would have wished to die,
If thro' the shudd'ring midnight I had sent... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbabbbbXcaccX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 10110111101 0101011111 00110001011 11010100101 1011010111 1111000101 1101110101 0011010101 1101001000 11011011001 1011010101 0111110101 0101110111 1101001100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 598
- Average number of words per stanza: 105
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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- summary of Sonnet Xv. To Schiller;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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