This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Lxv that begins with:
Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,
But sad mortality o'er-sways their power,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXeXecc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 1111111101 110100101110 1001110101 11001101010 1111010111 01010101001 1101001111 1101111101 1101010110 1111001111 1111110111 1101010101 1101010011 1011111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 693
- Average number of words per stanza: 113
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; nor is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.
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- summary of Sonnet Lxv;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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