This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Li. The Human Flower. 1. that begins with:
IN the old void of unrecorded time,
In long, slow æons of the voiceless past,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdecde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0011010101 011100101 010101001011 11010011001 1100111111 11011101101 1001010111 1101000101 0101010111 1100010111 11010101110 110001001001 0101010101 01100101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 622
- Average number of words per stanza: 108
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.
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More information about poems by Christopher Pearse Cranch
- Analysis of Sonnet Lii. The Human Flower. 2.
- Analysis of Sonnet Liii. August.
- Analysis of Sonnet Liv. Idle Hours.