This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxxix. To Night. From The Same. that begins with:

I LOVE thee, mournful, sober-suited Night!
When the faint moon, yet lingering in her wane,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbbccaacbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010101 10111100001 1101010101 11001000101 01010100101 0001110001 110100011101 0101010101 1101111111 1101110111 10110100101 0111010101 10011101010 11111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 632
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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