This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xviii. To The Earl Of Egremont that begins with:
WYNDHAM! 'tis not thy blood, though pure it runs
Through a long line of glorious ancestry,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacaaaadedecb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1011111101 10110100100 1011010101 1101001101 1111011101 0101010101 1101111101 1111010101 0111110111 1100110101 10110011101 101110010011 0101110100 0111010100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 623
- Average number of words per stanza: 109
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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:
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, in are repeated.
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