This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Lv. that begins with:

BORNE on the warm wing of the western gale,
How tremulously low is heard to float... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1101100101 1100010101 1011011101 01010001001 11010101101 11100100101 1011011101 1111010101 0011111111 1111001101 01010010101 1101010101 1111001110 111101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 641
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • 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.

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  • summary of Sonnet Lv.;
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