This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxvi. To The River Arun that begins with:

ON thy wild banks, by frequent torrents worn,
No glittering fanes, or marble domes appear,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcdedeff
  • 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: 1111110101 110010110101 1101011101 1100110101 10010101001 01011101001 1111010101 11010100001 0101111111 011100001101 10110101001 01001000101 11010100101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 621
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy is repeated.

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