This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxxiv that begins with:

Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day,
And make me travel forth without my cloak,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcdcdcee
  • 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: 1111010101 1111010111 01111001011 10110001101 1101110111 0101111101 1111010111 1101111001 1111110011 1101111101 01001011101 0111011001 1111111111 1111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 695
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Sonnet Xxxiv;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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