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

And, feeling round him, lo, upon the mould
A pick and spade cast down by accident.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacadedeaa
  • 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: 1101110101 0111111100 11001101101 11010000101 1111110001 1101110111 11001111101 0011011111 0101111111 0111000101 1111011111 0111010011 11010011111 10011100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 631
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • 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.

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

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

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