This is an analysis of the poem Three Sonnets Written In Mid-Channel that begins with:

I
Now upon English soil I soon shall stand,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbaabbacdcdcd XbXebbeebfccfcf XacXaaccadadada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,15,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1011011111 1001110111 1111110111 1111001101 1101011101 11010010111 1101010101 0011001101 1111011101 1001010101 11001111101 1001110001 1101010101 1001111111 1 11001110101 11001110110 1101010101 1111001111 0111011111 1101010101 11010011111 1101110101 1111110111 1101110101 10110100101 1011010101 1101010001 1101010001 1 11001100111 11000010001 1101110111 0111011001 1101110101 1111011101 01010101001 1101000101 10010010101 11000111001 1001010001 1100010101 11110101 1101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 625
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, and are repeated.

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