This is an analysis of the poem Paul Veronese: (Three Sonnets) that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccbbccbdefdXf X ghhgghhgaeeaie X cggccggcjcijci
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1111000101 101101101 110101010 1111011101 1111111101 0111010111 101010101100 0101110101 1011010101 0111010101 1101110111 11111101001 11011101000 1101110101 1 1101111101 1001001001001 01011110001 1111110101 0101010111 1111010011 0101011001 1101010111 1111111101 0101010101 0110010101 1101010101 1101011100 1111010100 1 1111010101 0101100001 0101000111 0101001110 0111010101 1101010101 01001110101 1111010101 110111110010 11011100101 1011110101 110111101000 1101010101 10111110000
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; thy, of, this are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thy is repeated.

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  • summary of Paul Veronese: (Three Sonnets);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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