This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxxv. To Fortitude that begins with:

NYMPH of the rock! whose dauntless spirit braves
The beating storm, and bitter winds that howl... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1001110101 0101110111 1111110101 1011000101 1111110111 1111011101 00110100100 11010100001 1011011101 10111010011 1101110101 0101110101 1111010101 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 646
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; and is repeated.

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