This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 15: that begins with:
When I consider everything that grows
Holds in perfection but a little moment,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcXdbdbee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 1101010111 10010101010 1011100111 100101010010 1101111101 1111010101 1011011101 1111110100 1001001001 1111010111 1101100001 0111010101 1101011101 1110111011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 611
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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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- summary of Sonnet 15:;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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