This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Lxxvii. To The Insect Of The Gossamer that begins with:
SMALL, viewless aeronaut, that by the line
Of Gossamer suspended, in mid air... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacdcdeeeXff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 1101001101 0100010011 1101110101 11110100101 0101111101 1001010101 0101111001 0011111101 1101011101 10110101001 0111010101 11010011011 0111010101 1111010100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 614
- Average number of words per stanza: 103
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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