This is an analysis of the poem Sir William Gomm: Sonnets that begins with:

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AT threescore years and five aroused anew... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccbXccbddecce X fddffddfggaeea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1100110101 01010010101 1111011111 0101011101 1101111101 1011010101 1111111110 010101001001 1111010001 1001010111 0011111111 01101001001 1011110111 11010101001 1 1001110111 100100100101 0101011111 1101000111 0101011111 01010101001 1101110001 0101001101 1111011111 1011110111 1100011101 0101010101 1111011111 1100111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 421
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; her, of, and are repeated.

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