This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xix. To Mr. Haley, that begins with:
On receiving some elegant lines from him.
FOR me the Muse a simple band design'd... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X ababcdcdefefaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 10101100101 1101010101 01010110101 1001010111 0101110111 11011101010 1111010111 11010101010 1001010101 11010111101 0101100101 11001010101 01011001001 1101010101 1101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 334
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- 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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More information about poems by Charlotte Smith
- Analysis of Sonnet Lxxxi.
- Analysis of Sonnet Lxxxii. To The Shade Of Burns
- Analysis of Sonnet Lxxviii. Snowdrops
