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

Oh, pitiful awaking! What was Adrian's pleasure,
That it had earned for him such bitterness?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcdedeff
  • 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: 1100100111010 1011111100 10111011010 1101000110 0101010101 1101000101 10110100101 1101110101 1001001101 1101100101 1001010011 1101111101 01010100101 1111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 631
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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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