This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxviii. To Friendship that begins with:
THOU! whose name too often is profaned;
Whose charms celestial, few have hearts to feel;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabacdcdXedbed
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 1111100100 1101011101 0101011101 0111011101 10111111001 1111011001 11001010101 1101100101 1111010101 01010010001 1101100101 1111011101 1101010001 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 635
- Average number of words per stanza: 105
- 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 is repeated.
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More information about poems by Charlotte Smith
- Analysis of Sonnet Xxxiii. To The Naiad Of The Arun
- Analysis of Sonnet Xlvi.
- Analysis of Sonnet Lxii