This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet. The Sun And Stream that begins with:

As some dark stream within a cavern's breast,
Flows murmuring, moaning for the distant sun,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccccdbdbbb
  • 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: 1111010101 11001010101 11111100001 0111010101 1111010111 01011111101 11010111001 01100000111 1001101101 11110111010 1111111101 11010001010 1111011101 1011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 644
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; all is repeated.

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

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