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

Among the rest ('twas thus his dream went on
While Adrian slept) in more than courteous mood... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacadcdcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101110111 110010111001 1101010111 1101100101 0101100101 0111011111 10011011101 1110101101 0101011111 1011110011 1011011111 10011000101 1101010111 01110010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 604
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • 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.

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