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

Dearest, there is no part of us, but air
And earth are counterparts. Your fragrant eyes...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba XcbXcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1010110111 1111011101 1011110001 1001111111 1001110111 1101111101 1100010101 0101111101 1100000001101 1001111101 1111011101 01011000100 11111100011 11110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i, god, love are repeated.

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  • summary of Love Sonnet Xxix;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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