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

Give me the treble of thy horns and hoofs,
The ponderous undertones of 'bus and tram, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeaaeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1101001111 01001010111 0101010101 0111010101 01111100100 1111010101 0111010101 1111010001 01110000101 01010100101 1011010001 1010010101 1000100111 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 626
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • 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.

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

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