This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet-Xi that begins with:
Oh, that I were the spirit of these wilds!
I'd make the zephyrs dance for my delight,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXXbXXbXabcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1110010011 1101011101 1101110101 10110010010 1101110111 1001110101 1001011101 1001000101 110110001 0101010111 0100010111 0101000011 0111111101 111110111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 620
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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