This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xliii. London. that begins with:
BLACK in the midnight lies the City vast.
Its dim horizon from my window high... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdedce
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1001110101 0101001101 1110010101 10010101101 1001011111 01001010111 1101110111 1101010101 1001000101 1111010101 1101010101 11000010001 001000110101 100110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 588
- Average number of words per stanza: 104
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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