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

The wonder of light is your familiar tale,
Pert wench, down to the nineteenth century:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXaXbbacXcdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01001010101 1110011100 10100101000 0101001111 1101000100011 1100100100 0111111100 0110110101 100100001011 10011111101 00111101101 11011110111 11010111110 0101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 625
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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