This is an analysis of the poem Sonnets Of The Blood Ix that begins with:

Captains of industry, your aimless power
Awakens harsh velleities of time:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXefeXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 10010011010 010110001 1110100110 0101110111 11010011010 1001010001 010100101010 0101000101 1011010100 11001010001 1101110001 1101100101 0111110101 0100111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 569
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; your is repeated.

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