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

Written at Weymouth in winter.
THE chill waves whiten in the sharp North-east;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xababbcbcdadaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10110010 0111000111 1101110101 1111011101 1011110111 1011110101 1011010101 1101010101 1111010101 1011110111 1001010011 10011011101 1011000101 011101011 111101110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 673
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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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