This is an analysis of the poem Natalia’s Resurrection: Sonnet Xv that begins with:

Anon, ere yet his pleasure was aware
Of other presence with him in that place,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXaXacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1011010101 0101001011 01010001001 0101010001 11010001111 1101010101 1111110001 1101010001 1101101100 1001010111 1111111101 1111110111 1101110101 1101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 586
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, or are repeated.

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

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