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

But, when the church was hushed in the night wind,
And all were gone who might his zeal disclaim,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaXaXcacaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101110011 1101110101 1100110001 0101010111 1001001011 01010111001 1100001101 1100111101 11011110100 01010101010 1111110100 1111010111 0100011011 1001010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 605
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • 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; to is repeated.

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