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

My breath runs in a subtle rhythmic stream;
It fills my members with a might divine:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabXa cdcede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110010101 0111000101 111010010101 1011011101 11101011101 1111110101 1001010110 101100011001 111101001 0101010101 111110010101 111000010010001 1100110101 1100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Transformation: Sonnet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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