This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 15: When I Consider Every Thing That Grows that begins with:
When I consider every thing 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: 11010100111 10010101010 1011100111 100101010010 1101111101 1000111010111 1011011101 1111110100 1001001001 1111010111 1101100001 0111010101 1101011101 1110111011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 629
- Average number of words per stanza: 113
- 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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