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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