This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxxii. To Melancholy that begins with:
Written on the banks of the Arun, Oct. 1785.
WHEN latest Autumn spreads her evening veil,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabbaabbXcdecde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1010100100101 1101010101 1011011101 1101000101 1011011101 111100100101 1101010101 1111110100 10110011110 11010111110 1011011011 1101110101 11010111010 1001111101 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 668
- Average number of words per stanza: 119
- 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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