This is an analysis of the poem In Answer To A Request that begins with:

You ask me for a sonnet. Ah, my Dear,
Can clocks tick back to yesterday at noon?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddcddXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1111010111 1111010111 1111010111 1111011111 1111111101 1001010101 1101010101 1001010101 11110011111 1111010101 0101010101 0001010101 0100110111 1101010111 1101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 323
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word can is repeated.

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