This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Viii that begins with:
TO MY BOOKS.
SILENT companions of the lonely hour, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X ababcdcdeXXeff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 011 10010001010 1111010101 11100101110 1101011101 11010101110 1101101101 110110101010 01110100101 1101010101 10010010011 1011000101 1101010101 1001010111 1111010111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 311
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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