This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet I that begins with:
Dost see how unregarded now
That piece of beauty passes?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXbcc dbdXbbb ececXff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110001 1101010 11011101 0101 1101010 0111111111 1001111111 11010100 1111010 11010111 1101 1100110 111110101 1011010101 11010111 111101 100101110 1100 100100 11010010101 11010011101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Sonnet I;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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